Slovakia took a step closer toward early general elections which may end the political turmoil that’s embroiled the eastern European nation for the past year and triggered the government’s collapse last month.
The country of 5.4 million will likely head to the polls on Sept. 30, interim Prime Minister Eduard Heger said after negotiations with former ruling partners in Bratislava on Sunday evening.
Heger’s government fell in a December vote of no confidence amid a failure by the ruling parties to agree on measures to curb the impact of an energy crisis and surging inflation. President Zuzana Caputova has said she will let Heger’s caretaker administration remain in place with limited powers until the election.
