Current Affairs Slovaks echo Czechs as left score hollow victory, but right head for power

15-06-2010 13:46 | Rob Cameron

The wind of change has been blowing across Central Europe this spring, with elections in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and most recently Slovakia significantly altering the political landscape. Commentators have been struck by the parallels between the latter two elections, especially the apparent failure of the countries’ two Social Democratic parties to form a government despite winning the most votes. But do the parallels end there?

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