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Smer
Fico · 1999– · Slovakia · Left Nationalist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Social democratic economics fused with cultural nationalism, opposition to migration, and hostility to media and NGOs.
Economic model
Pension increases, energy price caps, higher corporate taxation, opposition to austerity.
Organisation of powers
Criminal code and public broadcaster restructured after the 2023 election; special prosecutor's office abolished.
Reading note
A member of the European social democratic family by economics and of the national-conservative family by everything else.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −04
Coded −4: social democratic economics maintained in office.
- Documented act or statuteIntroduced free rail travel for students and pensioners and capped energy prices.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +07
Coded +7: cultural nationalism and opposition to migration and gender policy.
- Programme textCampaigned against the Istanbul Convention and against same-sex adoption.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +06
Coded +6: institutional restructuring immediately after the 2023 election.
- Documented act or statuteThe special prosecutor's office was abolished and the public broadcaster restructured in 2024.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +04
Coded +4: a unitary state resisting EU authority.
- Programme textOpposed EU migration policy and reduced support for Ukraine after 2023.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +04
Coded +6: opposition to relocation quotas and to migration generally.
- Programme textRefused EU asylum relocation and campaigned on border control.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −02
Coded −2: entirely electoral across four terms in office.
- Documented act or statuteHas won or led four governments since 2006.
Scores that have been revised
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Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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