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Survey: Smer-KDH Coalition Picked as Best Choice by Nearly Half
Thursday 17 June 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) - The ideal new Government should comprise of the election winner Smer-SD and Christian Democrats (KDH), according to a phone survey carried out by Bright Trade agency for Radio Viva, using a sample of 1,000 respondents, shortly after the election - between June 12-16.
The socialists and conservatives forming a Government was picked as the best choice by 45 percent of respondents, while another 30 percent of them would prefer seeing centre-right coalition led by SDKU–DS, which has a good chance of being formed – with KDH as part of it.
Other coalition scenarios enjoyed much lower support in the survey: Smer-SD plus Most-Hid was picked by 7 percent, while combinations involving nationalist SNS by only 3 percent of those asked.
As much as 15 percent of respondents said there was no combination (of parties that made it to the Parliament) that they would be satisfied with as their new Government.
Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD party won the vote on 34.79-percent support, well ahead of leading Opposition SDKU-DS party receiving 15.42 percent of votes and the fledgling Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on 12.14 percent of votes. Next came Christian Democrats (KDH) on 8.52 percent and Most-Hid party on 8.12 percent. The last party to break through the 5-percent threshold required to win representation in Parliament was the Slovak National Party (SNS), garnering 5.07 percent of the vote.
Despite Smer's victory, socialists are struggling with forming a new Government, while centre-right bloc of parties, many of which are currently in Opposition, are officially holding get-together talks. It was Fico who was authorised by President Ivan Gasparovic to try to form a new Cabinet, however.
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