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Slovak government loses its majority after partner withdraws

FILE - Slovakia's Finance Minister Igor Matovic waits for the start of a meeting of of EU finance ministers and central bankers in Lisbon, May 21, 2021. Slovakia’s political crisis has deepened after a junior party completed its withdrawal from the four-party coalition. Three ministers from the liberal Freedom and Solidarity party submitted their resignation on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. They followed the example of the party leader and former Economy Minister Richard Sulik who had resigned from his government post last week. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File) FILE - Richard Sulik, leader of the Freedom and Solidarity Party, addresses the media in reaction to the first preliminary results of the general elections at its party's headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 5, 2016. Slovakia’s political crisis has deepened after a junior party completed its withdrawal from the four-party coalition. Three ministers from the liberal Freedom and Solidarity party submitted their resignation on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. They followed the example of the party leader and former Economy Minister Richard Sulik who had resigned from his government post last week. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Slovak government loses its majority after partner withdraws