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Slovakia had the lowest voter turnout in the last two EU elections (Photo: formulaphoto)

Slovakia's eurosceptics end EU honeymoon

The EU honeymoon is over for Slovakia, say analysts, as eurosceptic voices for the first time make themselves clearly heard in the run-up to the European elections later this month.

In the last two rounds of EU elections, Slovak voters distinguished themselves by being the European citizens least inclined to vote, with 19.6 percent going to polls in 2009 and 17 percent in 2004. This apathy, despite Slovaks expressing strong support for EU institutions when surveyed.

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Slovakia had the lowest voter turnout in the last two EU elections (Photo: formulaphoto)

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