President Zuzana Čaputová stresses in a televised address that the new government should be 'a government which will serve all citizens.'
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president on Monday asked the leader of the winning party in the country’s parliamentary election to try to form a coalition government.
Also see: Biden works phones to reassure allies that U.S. support for Ukraine is intact despite McCarthy capitulation to far right Fico has repeatedly attacked the liberal president, accusing her of being an American agent and serving foreign interests. Čaputová has been suing him for that.The election was a test for the small eastern European country’s support for neighboring Ukraine in its war with Russia. Fico vowed to withdraw Slovakia’s military support for Ukraine, and his victory could further strain the fragile unity in the European Union and NATO.
Other potential coalition partners include, the ultranationalist Slovak National Party, a clear pro-Russian group, that received won 10 seats and the Conservative Christion Democrats with 12 seats.
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