Most voters consider a coalition with Kotleba or Harabin unacceptable

The poll shows that the coalition would be acceptable mostly for Smer voters, however.

Marian Kotleba (l) and Štefan Harabin (r)Marian Kotleba (l) and Štefan Harabin (r) (Source: Sme)

A majority of Slovaks do not support the coalition featuring far-right People’s Party – Our Slovakia (ĽSNS).

This stems from a poll carried out by the Focus agency for the private broadcaster TV Markíza between October 15 and 22 on 1,021 respondents.

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The coalition with ĽSNS would be unacceptable for 67 percent of respondents, while 27 percent would accept it. Nearly 6 percent could not answer the question.

The highest support of such a coalition can be found among the voters of the Smer party. Nearly 34 percent of them said it would be acceptable. On the other hand, more than 61 percent of Smer voters consider such a coalition unacceptable.

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