"SLOVENIA is a model for Slovakia," proclaims Vladimir Meciar. The rabble-rousing Mr Meciar was premier of Slovakia until he was ousted in April. But he remains popular and influential, not least because he appeals to a sense of Slovak nationalism that has seemed to grow ever stronger since 1989's velvet revolution" that overthrew communism.
Separatists are still in a minority in Slovakia, but the mainstream local parties are now pressing hard for greater Slovak sovereignty as they negotiate over Czechoslovakia's new constitution. Public Against Violence, the movement which won a large majority in last June's elections, says it favours a federal Czechoslovakia, but its support has slumped to 3% in the polls. …
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