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Slovakia: Political Developments and Data in 2023

Resurrected Robert Fico Returns to Lead the Cabinet for the Fourth Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

ERIK LÁŠTIC
ERIK LÁŠTIC*
Affiliation:
Comenius University, Slovakia
*
Email: erik.lastic@uniba.sk
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Abstract

Two interim cabinets extended the legitimacy crisis that began in December 2022, after the Heger II Cabinet lost a no-confidence vote. The early parliamentary election in September 2023 underscored public dissatisfaction with the coalition's management of domestic and global challenges, propelling Robert Fico's Direction-Social Democracy (SMER–Sociálna demokracia) back into power for the fourth time.

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Political Data Yearbook , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , December 2024, pp. 428 - 446
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Copyright © 2024 European Consortium for Political Research

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