Slovak National Party Leader Danko Retains Chairmanship, Criticizes Government Partners and Prime Minister

Andrej Danko secured another four-year term as chairman of the Slovak National Party (SNS) while publicly criticizing his coalition partners and Prime Minister Robert Fico. Despite his critical remarks about the government's performance, Danko reaffirmed his party's loyalty to the ruling coalition. The SNS is a nationalist party that forms part of Slovakia's three-party governing coalition alongside Fico's Smer-SD social democrats and the centrist Hlas party. Danko's comments highlight growing tensions within the coalition government, even as the SNS maintains its commitment to remaining in power.