A populist party in Slovakia that opposes providing military assistance to Ukraine has won the country’s elections, a vote that could significantly change the NATO member’s foreign policy and support for the proxy war.
Former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who leads the Slovak Social Democracy party, known as Smer-SD, campaigned on ending military aid to Ukraine. Fico doubled down on his position after winning the vote, saying, “people in Slovakia have bigger problems than Ukraine.”
Smer-SD won 29.9% of the vote and 42 seats out of the nation’s 150-seat parliament. Since the party did not win a majority of seats in parliament, it needs to form a coalition government. Fico said he was ready to form a government once given the mandate by the president.
Fico’s expected partners are the leftist Hlas party, which is a spin-off of Smer-SD and gained 14.7% of the vote, and the nationalist Slovak National Party, which received 5.6% of the vote. If the three parties join forces, they will have 79 seats in parliament.
EU officials fear that if Fico successfully forms a government, Slovakia will join Hungary in opposing EU sanctions on Russia and military support for Ukraine. The Progressive Slovakia party, which is aligned with EU policies, came in second place, taking 18% of the vote.
If Slovakia isn’t careful, EU may arrange another forced marriage with Czech Republic.
And if you aren’t careful, you’ll become dumber with statements like this.
Smart is Dumb to Don.
You should read that inspirational NY Times bestseller: “How Dumb Julio Got His Sense Humor Back.”
It’s called “democracy.” By definition, a democracy doesn’t always do what you or I want.
Notice how “progressive” has come to mean “regressive”, and “rightist/nationalist”, “enlightened”. Thanks always to the immortal George.
How did this happen? Is Victoria Nuland on vacation or something? …What’s that? …She’s on maternity leave? Nice. Wait!? …She’s having Satan’s baby? (Silly Sarcasm, even if it could be true)
Unlikely. Like all Hillary’s disciples she’s rabidly abortionist, … pity her mother wasn’t.
I agree and I totally see your point. But hear me out… I did pursue this a bit further. Maybe she got pregnant and is going to abort Satan’s baby because he would not be evil enough? …Did you think of that, Robert? (Sarcasm)
An original thought. I see. Would be just like her.
Evil wins a more original thought in this:
https://youtu.be/UjMFaT6oRwk?si=RITDeJMzFar-T4rn
an hilarious, well earned, spoof. And the presenteress plays it straight.
They make a great case against themselves, don’t they?
Good for Slovakia … hey, Germany, are you getting some ideas? Ready to actually stand on your own two feet?
Slovaks don’t want side with the losers.
Had to be SOMEBODY in that part of the world with a lick of sense.
Let’s not forget Serbia and Hungary…
Despite the name Smer-SD is conservative, it would be called “fascist” by leftists in a Western country. They dominated politics 2006-2020. They have been in a coalition with the nationalist SNS before and can be so again.
Wiki:
U.S. leftists adding “disinformation” to Smer-SD’s Wikipedia because the party has opinions they don’t like. And it’s not “regarding homosexuals,” but “regarding LGBT rights”. Can’t keep their U.S. propaganda words to themselves, they have to be applied to the rest of the world.
As for George Soros, he finances propaganda organizations all over Eastern Europe, and with the NED funnels money to the “youth organizations” that we have seen carry out or attempt “color revolutions”. He finances leftists going on boats to right outside the Libyan coast to pick up “shipwrecked” Africans moved over from a Libyan boat which then goes back, and the leftists bring them across the ocean to Italy, talking about “the rules of the sea”. (According to the rules of the sea, the “shipwrecked” should be left in the nearest port, i.e. Tripoli.) But of course Wikipedia will not mention why they criticize him.
Please stop calling neocon/neoliberal Democrats ”leftists”. They are right-leaning “socially liberal” Republican neocons. They even have the same people as in the Bush administration, like Nuland with cheerleaders like Boot, Bill Krystal and Sykes.
People on the left are not Democrats. You are using contrived terms as executed by one part in the duopoly. By doing so, you are being helpful in suppressing reality.
I Agree
“Despite the name Smer-SD is conservative, it would be called “fascist” by leftists in a Western country.”
No. Smer-SD is a successor to the Communist Party of Slovakia and is “conservative” only on social issues.
(Of course, since the US Uniparty, in an attempt to make its wings distinguishable from each other and distract the plebs, has become obsessed with fights over social issues that are mostly inconsequential in the real world — or would be except for the obsession — it’s easy to understand how the confusion arises.)
So the pro-war party was crushed, 30% to 18%. Excellent. Hopefully Poland’s results on the 15th will follow suit. I hold out no hope for America’s elections, even though the majority (55%) of popular support is for ending this mess; but every little bit helps. If Germany ever comes to its senses, that will be a huge step.
Good.
This is way bigger a story than they’re making it out to be. They’d hide it altogether if they could but this is the latest in the break up of the EU/NATO…
And heralding in the Multipolar World order.
HURRAH!
EU officials now look to Poland’s 10/15 elections with concern as Brussels’ garden is poised to harvest not a borderless neoliberal rose but a nationalist populist rock with issues of national sovereignty, climate scepticism, Ukraine war fatigue, woke culture, and migration resonating across Europe.
It may not be a Polexit but Poland’s ruling hard-right populist/nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS), often at odds with Brussels over judicial, media, migration policy and human rights standards, is opposed by former EU Council President, PM and Brexit opponent, Donald Tusk. Tusk’s neoliberal Civic Platform party (Polish: Platforma Obywatelska, PO) is populated by the urban, pro-European, highly educated, middle and upper-middle managerial class seeking closer cooperation with the EU and adherence to it’s social liberal rulebook.
To EU or Not EU – it may not be a Polexit but with Orban’s Hungary, Italy’s Meloni, Afd’s rise in Germany, Slovakia, and PiS leading PO by 8 pts the winds in Europe’s garden are blowing Rightwards and the EU’s parliamentary elections are next June.