Harabin proposes Christian, patriotic parties bloc

Slovakia's extra-parliamentary Homeland party is ready to cooperate with any party with which it shares national, Christian and patriotic principles, Homeland chairman Stefan Harabin said in a Tablet.tv discussion, mentioning the possibility that a national-Christian bloc could be created. Harabin claimed that some parties are forming an ultra-liberal bloc, "whose values and programme goals are abnormal". He criticised the promotion of the Istanbul Convention, the adoption of children by homosexual couples, the downplaying of drugs and the promotion of greater integration into the EU. When asked how he views the political return of former prime minister Vladimir Meciar, Harabin said that he considers him to be the "legal architect" of Slovak statehood.