Slovakia's Fico strikes deal on coalition after election win

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Slovakia's former prime minister Robert Fico reached a deal on Wednesday with centre-left and nationalist parties to form a new government which is expected to scale back the country's support for Ukraine.

Fico, whose SMER-SSD won an election on Sept. 30 with pledges to halt military aid to Ukraine and criticism of sanctions on Russia, would lead the planned government expected to be in place ahead of an EU summit on Oct. 26-27 where Ukraine will be high on the agenda.

On Wednesday, SMER-SSD, the centre-left HLAS and nationalist SNS signed a memorandum on forming a coalition and parliamentary leadership with pledges to keep the country's basic foreign policy stance as a member of NATO and the EU. Prior to the election, also said he wanted to re-negotiate a defence cooperation treaty with Washington.

 

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