Slovakia Split Over Eurozone Bailout Fund, page 5

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reply posted on 11-10-2011 @ 03:52 PM by Cayla19

reply to post by exponencial

SDKU should join with SaS and that's when Slovakia would be going somewhere and get Nase Slovensko involved as well and we are in business

reply posted on 11-10-2011 @ 04:00 PM by cassandranova

Since you all seem to have a very good grasp of internal Slovakian politics, can I ask you if there is any chance this bill doesn't eventually pass in Slovakia?

From what I'm reading, it seems like this was just a powerplay to topple the existing government, and the majority of the parties involved will push this through.

reply posted on 11-10-2011 @ 04:08 PM by Aestheteka

reply to post by cassandranova

i think you've hit the nail on that one.
this is from the BBC -

As one by one the rest of the eurozone ratified the proposals and the debt crisis deepened, most of the coalition came around. Except Richard Sulik, leader of the neo-liberal Freedom and Solidarity party, and his 21 MPs. Some placed their hopes in Robert Fico, former prime minister and leader of the leftist opposition. But Mr Fico sensed an opportunity to wound and perhaps bring down the government, hastening early elections he is likely to win. What will happen next? A second vote will probably be held within days. With Mr Ficos's support that vote is likely to succeed.

Slovakia votes down eurozone bailout expansion plans

reply posted on 11-10-2011 @ 04:24 PM by cassandranova

It's weird to me how no country in Europe seems to have a strongly supported party that fights for national sovereignty. Is that just a cultural thing or is it that nationalist parties are all typecast as fascists?

reply posted on 11-10-2011 @ 04:28 PM by Aestheteka

reply to post by cassandranova

Naionalist parties are on the rise.
We still have both fascism and communism within living memory and there are various ethnic groups and immigrant populations who fail to fit in with the majority to such an extent that flare ups are possible in the near future (search for the Bulgaria gypsy thread as an example).
I remember reading a military report about 20 years ago which predicted the rise of Europe and then its fragmentation into regions (much smaller areas than countries) based on language and ethnicity - and then all hell breaks loose like it did in Kosovo. I think that's the underlying fear.

reply posted on 11-10-2011 @ 04:29 PM by exponencial

Originally posted by cassandranova
Since you all seem to have a very good grasp of internal Slovakian politics, can I ask you if there is any chance this bill doesn't eventually pass in Slovakia?

From what I'm reading, it seems like this was just a powerplay to topple the existing government, and the majority of the parties involved will push this through.

It will pass in the next vote. SMER has 62 seats, but they are opposition, and wanted to bring the current government down. He says, if a new gov. is setup, they will vote for it.

Nasty tactics from the Communist type party