ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the consequences of radical right for political discourse and political process in Slovakia. Slovakia is a country with a dominant titular ethnic entity and religion and simultaneously with a relatively high degree of ethnic and denominational diversity that is represented by ethnic minorities and groups, as well as smaller religious communities. In radical right-wing agenda, ‘others’ means an external threat to cultural homogeneity, to cultural and national identity. Radical rights groupings, associations, and initiatives have existed in Slovakia since 1989. Nationalism and national populism represented an obstacle to the consolidation of liberal democracy and Slovakia’s integration to EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The electoral breakthrough came initially at the regional level in fall 2013 by winning the seat of regional governor in Central Slovakia. In Slovakia, the far-right nationalist profile is – so far – the dominant or even exclusive background of the movement parties.
