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This is amazing news. Stepping away from the corrupt, war mongering, imperialist regime that is Moscow can only be a good thing for the European community and human dignity everywhere.
Let’s hope they pull threw.
Edit: Sad news. Let’s hope a progressive coalition can be formed.
It looks like it has gone the other way - see the updated article.
~~Whew! Such great news. That was too close to comfort though.~~
They've changed the headline:
A populist pro-Moscow party led by former Prime Minister Robert Fico is ahead in Slovakia's parliamentary elections, with most votes counted.
The Smer-SSD party was leading despite exit polls suggesting victory by a liberal centrist party.
Mr Fico was forced to step down as PM following the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak in 2018.
Ffs
Smer dismisses that vision as "liberal fascism", campaigning on stability, order and social security instead. Mr Fico has also said that he is concerned about the rise in the number of migrants going to western Europe through Slovakia.
Yeah, pay the rich boomers to vote for you, that's a safe play.
Worst part is they won't pay and its the poor people 50+ that voted for them FUCK FUCK FUCK
They know their audience :(
This forecast has aged like milk.
The pro-Moscow Smer-SSD party had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote
The liberal Progressive Slovakia party, which exit polls suggested had won the election, polled at about 17%.
FYI you can edit the (now sadly misleading) title, @[email protected]
Thanks. I’ve updated the title.
Looks like Voice will be a king maker. Voice was part of Smer, but broke off and then got in a bunch of legal trouble, causing its polling to drop. Still, it looked like they will come in third last I checked.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Liberals have a slender lead in Slovakia's elections over a pro-Moscow party led by populist former PM Robert Fico, exit polls suggest.
The pro-Moscow party, Smer-SD, had been expected to win the vote, but polls suggest its popularity has fallen in recent days.
Progressive Slovakia, led by European Parliament vice-speaker Michal Simecka, was projected to win 23.5% of the vote, ahead of 21.9% for Mr Fico's party, an exit poll by Focus agency for TV Markiza showed.
The threat has led to concerns among European Union and Nato members, while gaining support on social media among Slovaks who traditionally have warm sentiments towards Moscow.
Slovakia has been a loyal and steadfast ally to Kyiv, supplying surface-to-air missiles and helicopters and even donating its entire fleet of retired MiG-29 fighter jets.
Progressive Slovakia offers a vision of an "open, tolerant, cosmopolitan society" and has advocated following a liberal line within the European Union on issues such as green policies and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Smer-SD
Didn't James Bond used to fight those guys?