Slovakia election: what are the main issues?

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Slovakia's three-time prime minister Robert Fico is seeking a return to power in a Sept. 30 election, with final opinion polls showing his SMER-SSD party in a dead heat with its main challenger, the liberal Progressive Slovakia (PS).

showing his SMER-SSD party in a dead heat with its main challenger, the liberal Progressive Slovakia .

Fico has been sketchy on details but in emailed answers to Reuters, he said he meant supplies from army storage. Analysts have said there is not much left in army storage, so a halt may have limited practical impact. Any new sanctions on any country will be scrutinised for their impact on Slovakia. He has also said relations with Russia should be restored after the war.He rejects any change to unanimity decision-making rules that have been discussed in the EU to make it more flexible.

Following the 2020 election victory of parties promising to weed out graft, a number of cases were opened against business leaders, judicial and police officers, and some politicians. According to Slovak media, 40 people have been sentenced in the sweep and another 130 are being investigated or tried.

 

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