Slovakia

Eastern EU member-states are diversifying nuclear supplies away from Russia and pursuing partnership with Western firms

Some of the Visegrad Four states may not be able to meet their stepped-up NATO defence spending pledges

The Czech and Hungarian economies are in recession, Slovak growth is slow but steady, but Polish GDP has shrunk by 2.4%

One election result could be a government that reverses Slovakia’s pro-Western foreign policy, but others are as likely

Early elections will not change a voting system that produces a parliament divided between several small parties

President may have to appoint a caretaker administration to replace the minority government, but it will lack authority

Resetting the region on a trajectory towards economic prosperity this decade and next will require fundamental reforms

Sacrificing maverick finance minister secures passage of 2023 budget, but opposition parties are poised to take over