Former Slovak PM Fico aims to return to power with pro-Russian, anti-US message

(18 Sep 2023)

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Banska Bystrica - 6 September 2023
1. Wide of an electoral poster in Banska Bystrica for the Republic party reading (Slovak) "New force for Slovakia"

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Michalovce - 6 September 2023
2. Wide of an electoral billboard in Michalovce for the Slovak National Party reading (Slovak) "Together we will stop the price increase"

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Banska Bystrica - 6 September 2023
3. Wide of an electoral billboard in Banska Bystrica for Kotlebovci reading (Slovak) "We will protect Slovakia from immigrants"

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Michalovce - 6 September 2023
4. Wide of traditional musicians at SMER’s electoral rally in Michalovce
5. Close of the musicians
6. Mid of the participants of the rally
7. Close of SMER's electoral leaflets
8. Mid of a SMER representative greeting a rally participant
9. Close of a leaflet with Robert Fico reading (Slovak) "Every day for Slovakia"
10. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Judita Gaziova, rally participant:
“I like the best that he would sort it all out in a fair way here in Slovakia.”
11. Wide of Robert Fico coming up to a stage
12. Wide of applauding audience at a rally
13. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Robert Fico, chairman of Smer:
“Peace is the only solution. I refuse to get criticised and labeled as a warmonger just for talking about peace whereas those who support war and killing are being called peace activists. We have it all messed up in our heads. We will not send a single bullet to Ukraine from the state stocks.”
14. Mid of a rally participant applauding
15. Wide of Fico coming up on stage
16. Mid of participants applauding
17. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Lubos Blaha, vice-chairman of Smer:
“We don’t want those Brussel’s liberal experiments. We don’t want 76 sexes. We don’t want laws for trans-sexuals. Here in Slovakia a family does not consist of a person number one and a person number two. Here in Slovakia a family consist of a mommy, daddy and kids and so it must remain.”
18. Mid of participants applauding
19. Wide of Fico entering a room
20. Mid of Fico greeting his colleagues
21. Mid of Fico entering a room and putting away his jacket
22. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Robert Fico, chairman of Smer:
“Yes, if I had the honour of forming the next government and become a PM, although we are a small country I’d b poisoning the air in the EU a little because I’d be asking at every European Council meeting: Why for God’s sake don’t we go negotiate peace? Why do we only talk about how much ammunition we are going send to Ukraine, what tanks are we going to send, how many billions are we going to spend on more armaments. Secondly, the issue of anti-Russian sanctions- let’s use a common sense a little bit. Well, maybe some sanction did hurt Russia but the fact is that the Russian economy is growing and the European economy goes into recession. So what did they do wrong that something like this is happening?”
23. Mid of Fico chatting with a journalist: UPSOUND “I even see a difference between the polls and reality. I think the reality is much brighter than the polls. Maybe we can expect a record breaking result, we’ll see.”
24. Wide of Fico talking to a journalist
25. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Robert Fico, chairman of Smer:

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Bratislava - 7 September 2023
26. Wide of Bratislava’s Castle, seat of parliament
27. Wide of an electoral billboard of Progressive Slovakia: “Enough of the past and chaos. Let’s vote for the future.”
28. Mid of people
29. Wide of Grigorij Meseznikov talking to a journalist in his office
30. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Grigorij Meseznikov, political analyst:
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