Slovak Opposition Leader Proposes Coalition if Government Raises Election Threshold to 10 Percent

Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS), announced plans for a broad pre-election coalition among opposition parties in response to potential government changes to electoral law. Šimečka said his party is prepared to unite the opposition if the ruling coalition raises the electoral threshold to 10 percent, which he argues would threaten fair electoral competition. Progressive Slovakia, a liberal pro-European party, is currently the largest opposition party in the National Council, Slovakia's parliament. The proposed threshold increase would make it significantly more difficult for smaller parties to enter parliament, as they would need to secure 10 percent of the vote compared to the current lower threshold.