It took it upon itself not only to meet EU membership criteria, but also push forward with other painful reforms. The comfortable role of criticizing the government fell into the hands of leftist populists, for a change.
即使是中右翼的斯洛伐克政府也没有逃掉。它不但没有达到欧盟成员国的标准，还得继续进行另外一些痛苦的改革。批评政府、要求改革这一轻松的工作落在了左翼平民主义者身上。虽然斯洛伐克政府仍然具有权势，但它已经失去了大多数席位，可能很快就会倒台。