Referendum, Political Party Initiative on EU Exit to Fail in Slovakia

There could be no successful referendum or any other political initiative on Slovakia leaving the European Union, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) Party Team Leader for Foreign Policy and Political System Martin Klus told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On June 25, the Slovak far-right party Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia launched a petition to hold an EU membership referendum, following the Brexit vote.

"SaS foresee future of Slovakia in the European Union and perceive that there won’t be neither successful referendum nor political party initiative which may lead Slovakia to leave European Union," Klus said.

On Saturday, along with Slovakia, the Finnish nationalist Finns Party launched a petition to hold a referendum on Finland's EU membership. In France, National Front party suggested holding a similar vote, but its leader Marine Le Pen said French President Francois Hollande had rejected the possibility of a Brexit-style referendum.

"SaS won’t support referendum on membership of Slovakia in the EU initiated by People's Party – Our Slovakia," Klus added.

On June 23, the United Kingdom held a referendum to determine whether or not the country should leave the European Union. According to the final results, 51.9 percent of voters, or 17.4 million people, decided to support Brexit, while about 16.1 million opposed it.