Slovakia’s leftist former Prime Minister Robert Fico beat his progressive rival Michal Šimečka (pictured) in a parliamentary election after campaigning to end military aid to Ukraine, but he will need to mould a coalition in order to form the next government.
Liberal party Progresivne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia, PS), which won the second highest number of votes in a Slovak parliamentary election, still sees an option to form a ruling coalition, its leader Michal Simecka said on Sunday.
SMER-SSD, led by former prime minister Robert Fico, who campaigned on pledges to end military aid to Ukraine, won 22.94% of the vote, with results from 99.98% of voting districts counted on Sunday.
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Michal Šimečka said he would reach out to other party leaders to discuss a way forward, and acknowledged that third-placed leftist party HLAS (Voice) had a key position.
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