Slovakia elections: Liberals win against pro-Moscow party - exit polls
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There were fears that victory for populist Robert Fico would end military support for Ukraine.

Liberals have a slender lead in Slovakia’s elections over a pro-Moscow party led by populist former PM Robert Fico, exit polls suggest.

The pro-Moscow party, Smer-SD, had been expected to win the vote, but polls suggest its popularity has fallen in recent days.

Smer has pledged an immediate end to military support for Ukraine.

Vote counting is continuing and the real results will not be known for several hours.

If the liberal group Progressive Slovakia is confirmed as the winner, it will lead coalition talks on forming the next government.

  • mholiv@lemmy.worldEnglish
    374·
    1 year ago

    This is amazing news. Stepping away from the corrupt, war mongering, imperialist regime that is Moscow can only be a good thing for the European community and human dignity everywhere.

    Let’s hope they pull threw.

    Edit: Sad news. Let’s hope a progressive coalition can be formed.

      • Siegfried@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I don’t understand slovakian politics, but smer “won” by a 22% in a parlamentarischen ellection. Is this that dramatic?

        Fico won the election with a pro russian rhetoric but 78% voted against it. Am i missing something?

  • Spzi@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    The pro-Moscow Smer-SSD party had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote

    The liberal Progressive Slovakia party, which exit polls suggested had won the election, polled at about 17%.

    FYI you can edit the (now sadly misleading) title, @[email protected]

  • randon31415@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Looks like Voice will be a king maker. Voice was part of Smer, but broke off and then got in a bunch of legal trouble, causing its polling to drop. Still, it looked like they will come in third last I checked.