Analysis, data & forecasts on every country across the region

Political Risk / Slovakia

Coalition Wobbles

June 2005 | Political Risk Analysis

The recent trouble was triggered by the decision in May of one of the junior coalition members, the New Civic Alliance (ANO), to oppose a university education reform championed by the Christian Democrat Movement (KDH) and, subsequently, to withhold its backing for KDH Education Minister Martin Fronc in a confidence vote brought by the opposition. Although ANO's abstention allowed Fronc to stay on, the KDH on June 1 upped the ante, accusing ANO of breaking the coalition pact and warning that if it did so again it would demand ANO leader Pavol Rusko's scalp - or else leave the

To read the full article, please choose one of the following options:

Subcribers please log in

Related Monitor Articles
No Stopping Smer

Economy / Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico's centre-left Direction-Social Democracy (Smer) Party remains the most popular political force in Slovakia, according to the latest opinion poll survey by Median SK. In July,...
August 2009
Macroeconomic Forecast Slovakia

Economy / Slovakia Slovakia's economy contracted by 5.3% y-o-y in real terms in the second quarter of the year, according to a flash estimate provided by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic on August 13. In...
August 2009
Macroeconomic Forecast Slovakia

Economy / Slovakia The disinflationary trend in Slovakia remains firmly in play according to latest data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, with consumer price inflation coming in at 0.7% y-o-y in June,...
July 2009
C/A Deficit Set To Unwind Through 2013

Economy / Slovakia Slovakia's current account deficit widened to EUR576mn through the first three months of the year, according to the latest data from the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), up from EUR196mn and EUR2mn through...
July 2009
Troop Surge

Economy / Slovakia In a move which will help bolster Slovakia's efforts at greater integration with euro-Atlantic institutions, parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of deploying up to 16 addition troops to the NATO-led...
June 2009
Central Europe & Baltic States MonitorCentral Europe & Baltic States Channels Central Europe & Baltic States Countries


All material on this site is protected by international copyright laws and use of this site is subject to our Terms & Conditions.
© 2012 Business Monitor International Ltd
Site powered by WORKSsitebuilder CMS