The liberal opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS) is the clear winner of the European elections in Slovakia, winning 27.8% of the vote, according to the official results on Sunday evening. Prime Minister Robert Fico’s left-wing populist party Smer only came second with 24.8% despite large gains compared to the European elections in 2019. The far-right Republika party took third place with 12.5%. At 34.4%, voter turnout was by far the highest in the history of Slovakian EU elections. Smer party leader and Prime Minister Fico, who has been in power again since October last year, was shot an…