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Marian Kotleba and the rise of Slovakia's extreme right
As Prime Minister Robert Fico begins the difficult task of building a majority coalition, there's shock in Slovakia at the real sensation of this election: the strong showing by Marian Kotleba and his ultra-nationalist People's Party-Our Slovakia.
Mr Kotleba made headlines when he won the 2013 regional elections in Banska Bystrica, where he now serves as governor.
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([Mr Kotleba's party) is not like the French National Front, which is far-right. These are Nazis," Mr Nicholson told the BBC.
"These are skinheads who Sieg Heil in public, and have rallies in Bratislava - 1,500 to 2,000 people - shouting hatred towards refugees and migrants from the Middle East," he went on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35739551
Mr Kotleba made headlines when he won the 2013 regional elections in Banska Bystrica, where he now serves as governor.
...
([Mr Kotleba's party) is not like the French National Front, which is far-right. These are Nazis," Mr Nicholson told the BBC.
"These are skinheads who Sieg Heil in public, and have rallies in Bratislava - 1,500 to 2,000 people - shouting hatred towards refugees and migrants from the Middle East," he went on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35739551
Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM Fico loses majority
Slovakia's leftist-nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has won the general election but lost his parliamentary majority, almost complete results show.
Mr Fico will now need to find coalition partners to return for a third term.
Gains by small parties, including an extreme right one, may produce a divided parliament with no clear path to forming a majority government.
Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35734947
Slovakia's leftist-nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has won the general election but lost his parliamentary majority, almost complete results show.
Mr Fico will now need to find coalition partners to return for a third term.
Gains by small parties, including an extreme right one, may produce a divided parliament with no clear path to forming a majority government.
Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35734947