Slovakia
Slovak premier’s new party will add further confusion
Interim Premier Eduard Heger has made good the indications that he would form a new centre-right party.
SlovakiaEast European growth in 2023 will be modest at best
The slowdown of activity in the second half of 2022 will shape prospects for 2023
Eastern EuropeUkraine war will erode its Visegrad neighbours’ unity
Central Europe has emerged politically divided but economically resilient, one year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Eastern EuropeUnited States will back NATO’s Eastern Europe members
President Biden has held a summit in Warsaw with leaders of the nine frontline NATO members in Eastern Europe
United StatesEastern EU will develop nuclear energy without Russia
Eastern EU member-states are diversifying nuclear supplies away from Russia and pursuing partnership with Western firms
EUSpending more on East European defence will be tough
Some of the Visegrad Four states may not be able to meet their stepped-up NATO defence spending pledges
Eastern EuropeCentral Europe’s slowdowns may prove short-lived
The Czech and Hungarian economies are in recession, Slovak growth is slow but steady, but Polish GDP has shrunk by 2.4%
Eastern EuropeFears of a Fico comeback in Slovakia may be overdone
One election result could be a government that reverses Slovakia’s pro-Western foreign policy, but others are as likely
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