nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/1209541054add8f7 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240305s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/1209541054add8f7 doi eng 342 23 Čuroš, Peter Author aut Hundred Days of Fico IV Administration Čuroš, Peter Verfassungsblog 2024-03-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Slovakia, we are witnessing something truly extraordinary. Within the first hundred days of the new administration, Slovakia has experienced a paradigmatic change in the penal codes, an attack on civil society organizations, an abolishment of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, a bill for a limitation of the whistleblower protection, and politicization of independent institutions. Accordingly, I argue that Slovakia faces a much faster democratic backsliding than what was happening in Hungary and Poland. Based on the pace of the initial steps, we can expect a radical shift in Slovakia’s democratic character and its position in international relations. CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Backsliding Fico IV Slovakia Slowakei (DE-588)4055297-4 gnd Slowakei Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/fico-iv/ raw object