BRATISLAVA, February 13, (WEBNOVINY) – Formation of a center-right government will be possible, according to MOST-HID and KDH, members of the outgoing ruling coalition only if all of its members will have a similar opinion on EU-related topics. MOST-HID Chairman Bela Bugar thinks that Slovakia is not prepared yet for the so-called Dutch model, namely for approval of the European Stabilization Facility by part of coalition and opposition. “The Slovak political scene is not mature for the Dutch model,” he responded to Culture Minister Daniel Krajcer (SaS) who suggested such a solution on Monday.
KDH also requires pro-European attitude from SaS. “Slovakia needs a stable, pro-Slovak and pro-European government. To answer these requirements is up to SaS,” stated KDH spokesman Matej Kovac. He also drew attention to the fact that the so-called Dutch model is a model of a minority government which is not usable for Slovakia at present.
Bugar does not like the way how SaS Chairman Richard Sulik criticizes SDKU-DS Chairman Mikulas Dzurinda and Finance Minister Ivan Miklos of the same party. “It is very bad, if chairmen want to say what other political parties should do, this is a tough intervention,” Bugar said responding to Sulik’s opinion that both Dzurinda and Miklos harm the right wing and should quit politics. Kovac did not want to comment on political statements concerning other parties.
Krajcer told journalists on Monday that two myths, which said that SaS could not have formed part of the future center-right coalition, were busted. He opines that the party does not have a zero coalition potential as none of the center-right parties excludes cooperation with SaS a priori. According to Krajcer, the second myth was the fact that all coalition parties have to have the same opinion on approval of the permanent European rescue mechanism. He says that this opinion no longer holds true after Dzurinda admitted the so-called Dutch model.
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