PM Robert Fico says Slovaks deserve a head of state who will fight for the interests of the sovereign nation-state.
Mobilisation is an increasingly contentious issue in the country exhausted by two years of fighting.
Istanbul Mayor-Elect Ekrem İmamoğlu said result “marks the end of democratic erosion in Turkey and the resurgence of democracy.”
Former prime minister called the raids “political revenge.”
Party has abandoned its peaceful foreign policy, founder Ulfried Geuter said.
France has thwarted two attacks by the Islamic State since the beginning of the year.
Liberal Ivan Korčok had a 5-point advantage over sovereigntist rival Peter Pellegrini in Sunday’s election, but the latter is the favourite in the second round.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s massacre that killed almost 140 people.
PM Fico’s nationalist government makes country prime target for Brussels’ weaponisation of EU rule-of-law provision.
“What Fico and Orbán are both saying is that we are not against the EU, we just want to have a say in what is done and how it is done, not just blindly follow what bureaucrats are telling us to do.”
As elections near, the ruling elites are stepping up their efforts to delegitimize the right-wing party.
“The European Union is increasingly out of touch with the needs of its citizens and increasingly tied to the demands of the Brussels establishment.”
