Pro-Russian Slovak Prime Minister Fico’s Party Loses EP Elections

The liberal party won the elections.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico lost the European Parliament elections to the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine.

According to the election commission, the opposition political force gained 27.81% of the votes and became the winner of the race. Fico's Smer-SD party (Course — Social Democracy) took second place, receiving 24.76%.

Despite this, the result in the European elections is a success for both PS and Smer-SD: each of them received two more seats. In the new European Parliament, PS will have six MEPs, and Smer — five.

Fico's party criticized the EU's support for Ukraine, as well as the policies of EU countries regarding immigration, climate change and LGBT rights. However, Progressive Slovakia is a pro-Western liberal party.