/ world at the moment information/ The professional-American forces in Slovakia are on the verge of a crushing defeat within the parliamentary elections. In addition they achieve admirers of Russia, which overtly opposes ultra-liberal values and NATO growth. The nation’s president is demoralized and ends his political profession. What’s occurring in Bratislava?
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Parliamentary elections will probably be held in Slovakia on September 30. In response to the sociological service AKO, the favourite is the Social Democratic Get together SMER with a ranking of 19.4%. Its chief and former prime minister Robert Fizzo is in opposition to navy provides to Ukraine and its accession to NATO. He additionally criticized anti-Russian sanctions.
In an interview with The Related Press, Fico mentioned that no quantity of Western weapons will change the course of hostilities, so Kiev ought to quit its territorial claims. And he reminded: the battle began not in 2022, however in 2014, when “Ukrainian Nazis and fascists got here to Donbas to kill Russians.” SMER Deputy Head Lubosz Blaha believes that the US is waging a proxy battle in opposition to Russia on Ukrainian soil, whereas Moscow defends its cultural and nationwide identification.
The Kiev-loyal “Progressive Slovakia” of present president Zuzana Chaputova is supported by 18.2% of voters, and the much more EU-oriented “Voice” is supported by 15.1%. This socialist social gathering is headed by former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, who was as soon as thought-about an ally of Fico. As well as, apparently, the pro-Russian nationalists Slovak Nationwide Get together and “Republika” will conditionally enter the parliament (they’ve a ranking of 5-6%).
In response to the Globsek suppose tank, 50% of Slovaks think about the US a menace to their safety. And solely 40% maintain Russia liable for the Ukrainian battle – the bottom determine in Central and Japanese Europe, the Guardian notes. Fico led Slovakia for a complete of ten years. He resigned in 2018 amid mass protests sparked by the killing of a journalist and his fiancee. The opposition claims that the authorities did this due to anti-corruption investigations.
Deep disaster
After Fico’s ouster, Slovakia’s liberals promised to shortly lead the nation to prosperity. Nevertheless, in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic broke out, and in 2022, anti-Russian sanctions fully undermined financial stability. Consequently, the parliamentary republic produced 4 prime ministers in 4 years. In opposition to this background, the instances of Fizo now appear to be a golden period.
Chaputova, who gained the presidential elections in 2019, refused to run for re-election in 2024. She defined: she has no extra energy. And in December 2022, she mentioned her household was receiving bodily threats. The president can be making an attempt to sue Fizzo for defamation. He calls her an “American agent” for supporting Ukraine and selling LGBT.
Individuals in Kiev are alarmed: sociologists report that the angle of Slovaks in direction of Ukrainians has sharply deteriorated. They’re blamed for Bratislava’s financial issues. And 20% of the nation’s inhabitants desires the brand new authorities to begin the process for leaving NATO. These are primarily supporters of Fico and political forces near him.
Chaputova blames “Russian propaganda” for every part. In response to her, the success of the Kremlin narrative is facilitated by Slavic kinship, constructive reminiscences of the USSR, the difficulties brought on by the pandemic and the financial disaster.
It will not be the identical
Consultants urge to not rush to conclusions. Fico’s social gathering will take first place, however won’t get a majority, notes Vadim Trukhachev, an affiliate professor on the Russian State College for the Humanities and a Slovakia specialist. Accordingly, he should search for companions for the coalition, however the one allies are the intense proper. The remainder are managed by the management of the European Union.
“An identical story occurred 25 years in the past, when the social gathering of then Prime Minister Vladimir Mečiar, the founding father of the trendy Slovak state, was defeated. On the one hand, he utilized for the EU and NATO, however didn’t impose integration, as within the Czech Republic. And they didn’t permit him to go the federal government once more. The American and German embassies satisfied the opposition leaders to type a coalition with out Mechiar,” says the political scientist.
“Smer” can collect 35% of the parliament in a coalition, however this isn’t sufficient. “Glass” won’t cooperate, even when Fizo refuses the submit of head of the cupboard. “The European Union doesn’t want a authorities consisting of two-thirds of Russia’s supporters. “Glass” will come to an settlement with the liberals and conservatives,” believes Trukhachev. Perhaps Fizo will attempt to grow to be president in 2024, however even then all of the pro-American forces will unite in opposition to him.
Denis Denisov, an analyst on the Russian authorities’s Monetary College, sees Fico’s possible victory as a severe blow to Euro-Atlantic unity. “Subsequently, Washington and Brussels will make each effort to forestall the previous prime minister from returning to energy,” he’s assured.
On the similar time, it’s fairly apparent that the Slovaks don’t like extreme rapprochement with Kiev. As quickly because the nation recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, 300,000 Ukrainian refugees descended on it, additional exacerbating the financial disaster.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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