An aside
I used to correspond with a women in Slovakia, at the time they were breaking up with the Czech republic. She had said that in their first real election, they had about twenty political parties, including trivial ones (The Beer Party - dedicated to the promotion of the drinking of beer!) & more serious ones, like one whose main platform was the bettering of conditions for the Roma in Slovakia. I've lost touch with her, and was wondering if anyone knew whether anything had been accomplished in that respect.