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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230516-181848-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-dilemma-of-technocracy/ The Dilemma of Technocracy - Governing in Slovakia ahead of the 2023 Early Elections Steuer, Max eng 2023-05-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Expertocracy motion of no confidence Parliamentarism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 A few months before general elections that might result in Slovakia joining Hungary's and Poland's illiberal takeover in Central Europe, its technocratic government is in crisis. This post shows how the weaknesses of Slovakia’s constitutional design have fueled the present malaise, and details the lessons we should draw from it for ordering the relationship between the head of state, parliament and the executive in other parliamentary systems with a directly elected president.