Smer-SD, Voice-SD and SNS Reach Agreement on Transaction Tax

Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) - The coalition parties Smer-SD, Voice-SD, and SNS have reached an agreement on the transaction tax, and, as a result, the coalition will support the proposal, sponsored by SNS, to narrow the scope of the transaction tax at a session of Parliament on Tuesday (June 3), leaders of the tree coalition parties Robert Fico (Smer-SD), Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD), and Andrej Danko (SNS) announced together on Monday. „The governing parties recognize the need to compensate for the shortfall in state budget revenues for 2025 in order to ensure a successful consolidation of public finances. Drawing inspiration from employers' suggestions to reduce the number of public holidays, the coalition parties agreed that in 2025, the public holiday on November 17 will no longer be a non-working day, although the public holiday — Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy — will not be abolished," the coalition stated. The government is also open to discussing a similar measure for one additional public holiday, starting in 2026. mf