Slovak Prime Minister Works Night Shift at Bakery, Pledges to Push for Higher Minimum Wage

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico worked a night shift at a bakery and used the experience to highlight his government's commitment to raising the minimum wage. During his visit to the workplace, Fico emphasized that it remains the government's duty to continue pushing for increases in the minimum wage. The prime minister noted that Slovakia continues to be a country where night work and overtime remain relatively widespread practices. Fico leads a coalition government of Smer-SD, his social-democratic party, along with the nationalist Slovak National Party and the centrist Voice party, which came to power following elections in October 2023.