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European Union: what each party thinks

3 questions, 36 party positions and 2 complete disagreements (how they are assigned).

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their manifestos, votes and statements. Details and sources, question by question, below.

Smer

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

PS

Agrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Disagrees: “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”

Hlas

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Hnutie Slovensko

Agrees: “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”

KDH

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

SaS

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

SNS

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Republika

Agrees: “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Maďarská aliancia

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Demokrati

Agrees: “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”

Sme rodina

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

Právo na pravdu

Disagrees: “The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto”; “If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it”; “The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law”

The EU should be able to decide foreign policy by majority vote, without any single country having a veto.

Most EU foreign policy decisions, such as sanctions, currently require unanimity, so any member state can block them. Switching to majority voting would also need the agreement of every member state.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 11 against.

If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it.

In Slovakia a referendum is only valid if more than half of eligible voters take part. In autumn 2024, according to the Eurobarometer, 19% of Slovaks would leave the EU if nothing changes and 9% would leave now; 55% want reforms but would stay.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 11 against.

The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law.

Since 2021 an EU regulation has allowed EU funds to be suspended for a country when breaches of the rule of law put the EU budget at risk. It was first used against Hungary in 2022.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 3 in favour, 0 in between and 9 against.

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