Slovakia's newly appointed Prime Minister Robert Fico attends the new cabinet's inauguration, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 25, 2023.
REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 21 (Reuters) - Slovakia's parliament confirmed Prime Minister Robert Fico's government on Tuesday, backing a policy agenda that promises to halt state military aid to Ukraine, slowly reduce budget deficits and impose a new bank tax.
Fico's governing coalition combines his leftist, socially conservative SMER-SSD party with a smaller leftist party and a small nationalist party.
The coalition adopted its policy programme last week, and parliament supported it in a vote of confidence on Tuesday.
The programme promises a special tax on banking profits and measures to cut interest rates on mortgages.
Persons:
Slovakia's, Robert Fico, Radovan Stoklasa, Robert Fico's, Fico, Zuzana Caputova, Jason Hovet, Jan Lopatka, Timothy
Organizations:
REUTERS, European Union, Timothy Heritage, Thomson
Locations:
Bratislava, Slovakia, Ukraine