Turbulent Times in Slovakia

Slovak cabinet is dismissed after losing a vote of no confidence and may join Bulgaria in seeing snap elections next year. The 18 billion euro aid package for Ukraine was approved. Polish and Hungarian governments nearly vetoed the 18 billion euro aid package. A rise of Pro-Russian political forces across CEE: Pro-Russian narratives echo in Bulgaria following the Schengen vote. 9th round of the sanctions package against Russia targets the strategic security sector. In the second part of the podcast, Foresight Editor Albin Sybera discusses the turbulent week in Slovakia, which ended with a successful no-confidence vote against Eduard Heger’s minority government. The rocky situation has left Bratislava in political turmoil and some suggest it could undermine democracy itself - to the point where a constitutional crisis may be looming in the near future.