Next year may be a turbulent one in the Slovak political arena, according to political analysts surveyed by TASR press agency. The beginning of the year will be marked with a referendum on the traditional family in early February that might divide the Slovak society. Then further atomisation of political parties cannot be ruled out. It remains a question whether the upcoming year will witness an early general election, or will be marked with intensified political activity prior to next parliamentary vote scheduled for 2016. Analyst Jan Baránek assumes that next year will be typical in that we will witness political campaigns, including tensions, scandals and the distribution of financial resources by the current Government. Conversely, analyst Rastislav Toth says that even an early general election can't be ruled out next year. "It's possible if, for example, a part of MPs of the leftist ruling Smer-SD left their mother party, or if the Prime Minister Robert Fico resigned", said the analyst.
The two political analysts concurred that it's likely that the centre-right parties won't join forces to form a united opposition force to challenge the governing Smer-SD. Both Toth and Baránek assumed that this is due to animosity and jealousy among individual leaders of rightist parties. "It would be crucial to replace these leaders, so that the leading positions in political parties are not occupied by political mastodons", challenged Toth. Baránek added that people can expect further fragmentation on the political scene and it can't be ruled out that even more new parties will emerge next year.
