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Analysis: Slovakia’s illiberal slide leaves Fico weaker at midterm
Fico’s shrinking base leaves him eyeing a risky alliance with the far-right Republika party.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico begins November, and the second half of his term, with Smer polling at just 17.8%, the party’s lowest level since spring 2023. It marks the seventh straight month of decline, a slide that Slovak daily newspaper SME described as “a record of continuous fall.”