EXCLUSIVE: Europe's socialists to exclude Fico's Smer party in October

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The decision is based on a departure from the values of the PES structure and the formation of a government coalition with the Slovak National Party.

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Fico's party has long been suspended from the mainstream of socialist politics in Europe. However, they now want to completely isolate Smer-SD.

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The Party of European Socialists, PES, is preparing, according to several members, the definitive expulsion of Robert Fico's Smer-SSD. According to information from the Euractiv portal, a decision on this is to be made at the October congress in Amsterdam. Smer's membership has been suspended since October 2023 due to its entry into the government coalition with the SNS and due to Fico's steps, which Brussels describes as a departure from the va…