SaS Deputy Leader Says Party Not Ready to Join Coalition with Progressive Slovakia and Democrats

Mária Kolíková, deputy leader of the liberal Freedom and Solidarity party (SaS), stated that her party is not currently prepared to form a coalition with Progressive Slovakia (PS) and the Democrats. In an interview, Kolíková addressed questions about whether SaS has become more conservative in its political positioning and explained the party's reluctance to join forces with the two opposition parties. SaS, which was previously part of the center-right governing coalition until 2023, remains one of Slovakia's main liberal opposition parties alongside PS, which was formed by former members of the anti-corruption Ordinary People party, and the Democrats, a smaller centrist party led by former foreign minister Miroslav Lajčák.