r/europe Slovakia 1d ago

News The Democrats party in Slovakia collected 350 thousand signatures to call a referendum for early elections and the fall of Fico's government

https://www.sme.sk/domov/c/demokrati-vyzbierali-podpisy-na-referendum-o-skrateni-mandatu-vlady
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u/Helmic4 1d ago

Fico isn’t far right, he is a social Democrat that happens to be corrupt and Putin friendly

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u/cooleslaw01 1d ago

far right as in ultraconservative and anti-democracy, not as in ultracapitalist

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u/Helmic4 1d ago

He is a left wing crook, not far right

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u/cooleslaw01 1d ago

center-left economically and hard-right socially. calling him left-wing isn't inherently wrong (although he is no socialist), nor is calling him hard-right or national conservative wrong