Slovak Coalition Expected to Have 77 MPs After Taraba's Fall, SNS Confident About Support

The ruling coalition in Slovakia expects to maintain a stable parliamentary majority of 77 deputies following the anticipated departure of Environment Minister Tomáš Taraba, according to Roman Michelko, chairman of the Slovak National Party (SNS) parliamentary group. Michelko stated in an interview that Taraba has lost support not only from the SNS leadership but also from his own deputy ministers, known as the Kuffa father and son duo, as well as from the entire SNS parliamentary caucus. The SNS, a nationalist party that is part of the ruling coalition alongside the social-democratic Smer-SD party, appears confident that the Kuffa supporters will join their ranks to maintain the government's parliamentary stability. Slovakia's National Council has 150 seats, meaning the coalition would retain a narrow but workable majority with 77 MPs even after Taraba's expected exit from the government.