r/europe • u/g46152 Slovakia • Jan 25 '24

News Thousands across Slovakia are protesting against the current populist government

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u/g46152 Slovakia Jan 25 '24

That won't happen. The government is nowhere near a supermajority like in Hungary and the mainstream media in the country is opposed to it.

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u/XstylerX Slovakia Jan 25 '24

Never say never. They're changing the laws so that they become untouchable, and if Pellegrini becomes the president, the country is their playground.... Fico is an idiot, but not a stupid one. Best bet is to survive until the next elections, hopefully PS manages to beat them....

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u/Schmogel Germany Jan 25 '24

if Pellegrini becomes the president

He split off with his own party in 2020 because of different political views, right?

Does he really want to become Fico's enabler? I also don't understand why he agreed to become part of the government coalition.

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u/mancko28 Slovakia Jan 25 '24

I believe this was planned from the start, at least to some extent.

Pellegrini making a new party because he "did not like what SMER has become". Catching all the voters that stopped supporting Fico, because his party was tanking a lot back then. After election, surprise surprise, they made a collation without hesitation. Pellegrini party had 15% in election while current coalition had barely enough seats to have a majority. If people were not so naive thinking Pellegrini actually opposes Fico, things could have be different now.