Opposition Progressive Slovakia Would Win Elections with 21.1% Support, State Poll Shows

Progressive Slovakia, the main opposition party, would win parliamentary elections if held in March with 21.1 percent of the vote, according to a state poll conducted by Infostat. The ruling Smer-SD party would finish second in the hypothetical election. The poll surveyed 1,159 respondents between March 9-13, representing a cross-section of Slovak voters. Progressive Slovakia is a liberal, pro-European party that formed in 2017 and has emerged as the primary opposition force to the current government. Smer-SD is the dominant party in Slovakia's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Robert Fico, and has governed the country for most of the past two decades with a social-democratic platform.