Pellegrini: New coalition 'needs no help in shattering itself'

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Thursday that he does not believe that the future governing coalition, which is currently being formed, can last the entire electoral term. Pellegrini said the coherency of the OLaNO caucus represented the biggest threat to the coalition. "Take a look at that diverse group of people that we'll see for the first time," he said. "There are artists, athletes, sellers of sports accessories, priests. There aren't enough lawyers, economists. It's a rather strange caucus." Asked whether Smer-SD will attempt to create division and confrontation within the newly forming coalition, Pellegrini replied that there was no need to do so. He said OLaNO had never managed to maintain the coherency of its caucus throughout a single electoral term, and believes that history will repeat itself.