Czech politicians consider outcome of Slovak elections positive development

Leaders of three Czech right-of-center parties have commented on the results of the general elections that took place in Slovakia on Saturday. Petr Nečas, the current acting leader of the Civic Democrats, said that he found the Slovak results were similar to the outcome of the recent lower house elections in the Czech Republic. He added that voters no longer put faith in promises of left-of-center parties. The head of TOP 09 and former foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg said he saw a positive development in both countries while Public Affairs leader Radek John judged that Slovak voters had decided in favor of fiscal responsibility.

While the left-wing SMER party of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico won the most votes, it lacks a clear majority and possible coalition partners. A center-right coalition of four parties led by the conservative SDKU claimed 79 out of the 150 seats up for grabs in parliament and could well form a government coalition.