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Sandu Defies Russia: Moldova Sets the Tone for Election Week
4 November 2024
While Czechs came out in the streets to protest against forces undermining democracy and Slovaks voted in their parliamentary elections, much of the attention has gone to the first reported cases of the COVID-19. Short-term threats should not distract the region from bigger challenges.
In last week’s Slovak elections, the populist and anti-corruption party OĽaNO (Ordinary People) came first with a surprisingly strong result, taking 25 per cent of the vote. Robert Fico’s long-governing party SMER-SD (Direction) fell back to 18 per cent and is unlikely to enter the next coalition. Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová former party, Progressive Slovakia, in a party coalition with SPOLU (Together) failed to meet the 7 per cent threshold and obtain any seats.
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