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Will aid to Ukraine shrink after elections in Eastern Europe?

SMER-SSD party leader Robert Fico reacts during a press conference after the country's early parliamentary elections, in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 1, 2023. REUTERS - RADOVAN STOKLASA

In Slovakia, a populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and Nato will be tasked with forming a new government after winning weekend elections. Meanwhile, Poland is about to go to the polls, with the opposition rallying hard to try and oust the anti-EU government.

In Slovakia, the Smer-SD party led by former prime minister Robert Fico won 23 percent in Saturday's vote, beating the centrist Progressive Slovakia at 18 percent, but did not gain an absolute majority.

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