New Poll Shows Ruling Coalition Would Lose Parliamentary Majority

Slovakia's governing coalition would lose its parliamentary majority according to a new April poll, with Andrej Danko's party falling short of the electoral threshold needed to enter parliament. The survey indicates that the three-party coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD party, along with the nationalist Slovak National Party (SNS) headed by Danko and the centrist Hlas party, would not secure enough seats to maintain control of the 150-member National Council. This represents a continued decline in support for the coalition government, which took power following elections in September 2023. The polling results suggest growing voter dissatisfaction with the current administration's performance, though opposition parties would need to form their own coalition to achieve a governing majority.