The winner of Slovakia’s election this weekend is populist former prime minister who was pressured out of workplace 5 years in the past amid public outrage over a journalist’s slaying, however who’s now inside attain of main the nation as soon as once more.
A return to energy for Robert Fico, a brash strongman with sympathies towards Moscow, may break a key hyperlink within the Western army alliance supporting Ukraine. That has put outsize worldwide concentrate on the vote in a rustic of simply 5.5 million individuals. His get together, Smer, received 22.9 p.c of the votes, or 42 seats within the 150-seat parliament, based on preliminary outcomes. However he would nonetheless must construct a coalition authorities to take energy.