Ivan Mikloš
Ivan Mikloš

Economist

Ivan Mikloš is the president of MESA10 and a former finance minister in Mikuláš Dzurinda’s second government (2002-2006) and Iveta Radičová’s government (2010-2012).

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Ivan Mikloš

A wave of deregulation – but not in Slovakia

Doing business in Slovakia is a real “joy”.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (left) and Slovak PM Robert Fico.

The terrifying emptiness of Fico’s politics

Fico wants to be like Trump, but he is no Orbán either.

PM Robert Fico's actions caused thousands of people to protests against him.

Will 2025 be so bad that it could get better?

The opposition and civil society will have to see it through.

On September 19, 2024, in Bratislava, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) met with representatives from retail chains at the Government Office to discuss reducing VAT on essential food items.

Fico finally takes steps to consolidate: late and flawed, but it could have been worse

Only half of the consolidation package will be used to reduce the deficit.

When Fico’s first government took office in 2006, we had some of the highest wages among comparable EU countries. Now, under the fourth Smer government, we earn the least.

A political bomb that didn’t explode

We are officially the poorest, as a comparison of real wages in the EU has shown.

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