Slovak caretaker Prime Minister Eduard Heger launched a new pro-Western, liberal centrist party named the Democrats on Tuesday to run in a September election called after his coalition fell from power last year. Heger, 46, is splitting from the OLANO movement set up by his predecessor Igor Matovic, whose r
Slovak caretaker Prime Minister Eduard Heger launched a new pro-Western, liberal centrist party named the Democrats on Tuesday to run in a September election called after his coalition fell from power last year.
Heger said pro-Western democratic values and aid to neighbouring Ukraine were the cornerstones of his agenda. Setting himself apart from conservative rivals, Heger said he wanted a country where"every citizen feels safe regardless of race, gender, faith, nationality or sexual orientation."
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