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Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM seeks third term Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM seeks third term
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Slovaks have begun voting in general elections expected to see Prime Minister Robert Fico handed a third-term on the back of hardline anti-migrant views. Voting is under way in Slovakia with Prime Minister Robert Fico expected to win a third term after a campaign marked by anti-migrant rhetoric.
Ahead of the poll, Mr Fico had pledged he would not accept "one single Muslim" migrant to largely Christian Slovakia due to security concerns.Ahead of the poll, Mr Fico had pledged he would not accept "one single Muslim" migrant to largely Christian Slovakia due to security concerns.
His government's tough views echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders. Opinion polls suggest his party may fail to win an outright majority.
His government's tough views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders.
Slovakia will take over the European Union's rotating presidency in July.Slovakia will take over the European Union's rotating presidency in July.
Opinion polls suggest that the ruling Smer-Social Democracy party is likely to lose the parliamentary majority that it won in 2012, Reuters news agency reports. Mr Fico's Smer-Social Democracy party won a parliamentary landslide in 2012 but now may have to do a deal with a smaller party such as the ultra-Nationalist Slovak National Party.
Robert Fico's anti-migrant rhetoric Nurses and teachers recently held strikes calling for higher wages, highlighting simmering discontent in some sectors despite strong economic growth.
Migrant crisis in seven charts Mr Fico is known for populist policies such as free train travel for students and pensioners.
Nurses and teachers have recently held strikes calling for higher wages, highlighting simmering discontent in some sectors despite strong economic growth.
But Mr Fico's anti-migrant rhetoric and populist policies including free train travel for students and pensioners are expected to garner enough votes to allow his party to form a coalition government, analysts say.
The leftist nationalist, 51, has fiercely opposed EU quotas on migrant resettlement from Greece and Italy, which would see his country take about 2,600 people.The leftist nationalist, 51, has fiercely opposed EU quotas on migrant resettlement from Greece and Italy, which would see his country take about 2,600 people.
Slovakia only received 260 asylum requests last year.Slovakia only received 260 asylum requests last year.
Polling stations close at 2100 GMT on Saturday.