EU Risks Losing Another Eastern Member to Populist Forces
- Slovakia moves closer to snap vote after government collapse
- Polls show leaders who buck EU mainstream are in the lead
Eduard Heger
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The European Union faces a potential blow to its fragile unity after Slovakia’s government collapsed, plunging the nation into political turmoil and raising the prospect of a snap vote.
As the EU member state of 5.4 million lurches toward an early election, opinion polls show political forces in the lead who have shown skepticism for backing Ukraine — including one former premier who has openly opposed sanctions against Russia and linked himself with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his democratic backsliding.