In Slovakia, the front runner
in the September 30 early election is still the populist
Smer-Socialdemocracy party led by former Prime Minister Robert
Fico. Still, the center-left extra-parliamentary movement
Progressive Slovakia, led by Michal Simecka, is catching up with
it (PS). This was revealed in the latest poll by the Ako agency
for Joj television. Fico's party would get 19.4% of the votes,
and Simecka's movement 18.2%. In third place would be the Hlas
(Voice-Social Democracy) party of another former prime minister,
Petr Pellegrini, with 15.1%. Richard Sulík's Freedom and
Solidarity (SAS) party (7.4%) and the Common People and
Independent Personalities (Olano) movement of former premier
Igor Matovic (7%) would also enter the Bratislava Parliament.
Olano is in a coalition with the parties For the People and
Christian Union and thus must get at least 7% to enter
parliament. The other parties only need to pass the 5%
threshold.
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