Is Robert Fico a Pro-Russia populist? Is Robert Fico winning the election?

On September 15, 1964, Robert Fico, a well-known world leader, was born in Topolcany, Slovakia. Robert is also well-known for serving as Slovakia’s Communist Prime Minister, having headed the Direction-Social Democracy party since 2012, when he was elected for a second term. In 2013, he declared his intention to run for president.

SMER received 29.1% of the vote to win the 2006 elections. After a campaign aimed at undoing the severely unpopular austerity policies that had been pushed through by the then-ministers Rudolf Zajac and Martin Fronc in the healthcare and educational sectors, the election was won. They later established a coalition government with Ján Slota’s Slovak National Party (SNS) and Vladimr Meiar’s People’s Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS).

Is Robert Fico a Pro-Russia populist?

On Saturday, Slovakia will have an early election for its parliament, pitting the populist former prime minister Robert Fico—who ran on a clear pro-Russia and anti-American platform—against a liberal newcomer who supports the West.

Is Robert Fico winning the election?

Slovaks are casting ballots in a carefully watched parliamentary election between pro-Western liberals and left-wing former prime minister Robert Fico, who has vowed to stop military assistance to the neighboring Ukraine.