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Securitization of the Migration Crisis and Islamophobic Rhetoric: The 2016 Slovak Parliamentary Elections as a Case Study Cover

Securitization of the Migration Crisis and Islamophobic Rhetoric: The 2016 Slovak Parliamentary Elections as a Case Study

By: Ľubomír Zvada  
Open Access
|Dec 2018

Figures & Tables

Graph 1

Application of asylum seekersSource: Authors graph based on statistics by Ministry of Interior of Slovak Republic
Application of asylum seekersSource: Authors graph based on statistics by Ministry of Interior of Slovak Republic

Graph 2

Numbers of received asylum applicationSource: Authors graph based on statistics by Ministry of Interior of Slovak Republic
Numbers of received asylum applicationSource: Authors graph based on statistics by Ministry of Interior of Slovak Republic

Results of the parliamentary election of Slovak Republic 20162

Party

Political parties marked “Bold” created a coalition government led by PM Robert Fico. Nowadays, in April-May 2018 where paper is progress, Slovakia faces the biggest political crisis after the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancé. PM R. Fico, Ministry of Interior Robert Kaliňák, and President of Slovak Police Forces Tibor Gašpar resigned, and coalition government was rebuilt. Peter Pellegrini became new PM, Denisa Saková new minister of interior and General Milan Lučanský new President of police forces.

VotesVotes (%)Change 2012SeatsChange 2012
Direction-SD737,48128.28-16.149-34
Freedom-Solidarity315,55812.16.22110
Ordinary People287,61111.032.5193
Slovak National Party225,3868.644.11515
Kotleba-Our Slovakia209,7798.046.51414
We Boris Are Kollár Family-172,8616.636.61111
The Bridge169,5936.5-0.411-2
# Network146,2055.615.61010
Christian Democrats128,9084.94-3.90-16
Hungarian Community105,4954.05-0.200
Others108,8744.2-4.600
Total2,648,184100150

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Language: English
Page range: 216 - 235
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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