Published
November 8th, 2025
Social democracy: Fico is out!
Written by: Ulli Jentsch
At the Party of European Socialists (PES) congress in Amsterdam (Netherlands) in October, the Slovakian Smer party was unanimously expelled. This had been expected in advance (we reported on this in Newsletter #10). The membership of Prime Minister Robert Fico's party had been suspended after it formed a coalition government with the extreme right. More on this at europeancorrespondent.
Redaction: Ulli Jentsch