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Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM Fico 'loses majority' | |
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Exit polls in Slovakia suggest the leftist prime minister Robert Fico has won the election but lost his majority in parliament. | |
The polls predict as many as nine parties will enter parliament, complicating Slovakia's political future. | |
It seems likely Mr Fico will need to find coalition partners to return for a third term in office. | |
Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant. | Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant. |
His country takes over the EU's rotating presidency in July. His hardline views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders. | His country takes over the EU's rotating presidency in July. His hardline views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders. |
An exit poll by private broadcaster TV Markiza, and a poll by political science students at Trencin University (in Slovak), predict as many as seven other parties may enter parliament, complicating Slovakia's political future. | An exit poll by private broadcaster TV Markiza, and a poll by political science students at Trencin University (in Slovak), predict as many as seven other parties may enter parliament, complicating Slovakia's political future. |
How many parties have crossed the 5% threshold to enter parliament is unknowable until the real results start trickling in, the BBC's Rob Cameron reports from the capital Bratislava. | How many parties have crossed the 5% threshold to enter parliament is unknowable until the real results start trickling in, the BBC's Rob Cameron reports from the capital Bratislava. |
Those parties hovering on the edge include a far-right party called Our Slovakia, led by a former neo-Nazi skinhead and now regional governor, Marian Kotleba. | Those parties hovering on the edge include a far-right party called Our Slovakia, led by a former neo-Nazi skinhead and now regional governor, Marian Kotleba. |
That result is sending shockwaves through Slovakia, our correspondent says. | That result is sending shockwaves through Slovakia, our correspondent says. |
Discontent | Discontent |
Nurses and teachers recently held strikes calling for higher wages, highlighting simmering discontent in some sectors despite strong economic growth. | Nurses and teachers recently held strikes calling for higher wages, highlighting simmering discontent in some sectors despite strong economic growth. |
Mr Fico, who heads the Smer-Social Democracy party, is known for populist policies such as free train travel for students and pensioners. | Mr Fico, who heads the Smer-Social Democracy party, is known for populist policies such as free train travel for students and pensioners. |
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. |