Peter Pellegrini (source: Sme - Marko Erd)
Robert Fico has an advantage, because Smer's first place in the September 30 election means will be given the first chance to form a government. He will certainly do everything he can to make it a success.
But a government with Smer is not the only option. Hlas will have the main say, fulfilling a scenario that commentators have been talking about for months.
Many more variables enter into the decision-making of all the players. But the situation is not so deadlocked that it is likely to end in a stalemate. Some kind of coalition will almost certainly emerge.
The Sme daily outlines three possible options, along with some points for and against each.
Smer + Hlas + SNS (79 seats)
If we were to go only by the statements made before the elections, this is probably the most likely scenario. Fico has been repeating for months that the future government will be founded on the cooperation between Smer and Hlas. For the Slovak National Party (SNS), this would be the dream coalition that Andrej Danko has been talking about for months.
