Which way forward for Slovak foreign policy?
Which way forward for Slovak foreign policy?

Summary/Abstract: Slovakia’s foreign policy entered a new phase with the formation of the government following the elections of June 2006. The results – and especially the composition of the new governing coalition of Smer-SD (Direction-Social Democracy), led by Robert Fico, and two smaller parties (in terms of electoral support), Ján Slota’s Slovak National Party and Vladimír Meciar’s People’s Party-Movement for a Democratic Slovakia – made it much harder to predict the long-term implications of the 2006 elections than in previous elections in 1994, 1998 and 2002. What are the key features of Slovak foreign policy following the change in government? To what degree do they represent continuity, and what are the potential changes that appear to be taking shape? These are some of the questions that the Slovakian expert seeks to answer.

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