Peter Tkacenko is a Slovak political commentator. He studied political science in Banská Bystrica and worked as a journalist in various Slovak media since 2007. Since 2017, he has been a columnist for SME daily newspaper.
Robert Fico’s Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) has secured victory in the latest Slovak
elections with 23% of the vote.
Ex-Prime Minister Fico, who expressed dissatisfaction with his country’s support of
neighboring Ukraine, has an open road to a third stint as the country’s prime minister. Yet,
despite winning the elections on an openly anti-Ukrainian platform, little will change for Kyiv.
If Fico becomes prime minister, heading a likely euro-skeptic coalition, little will be done to
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