I efteråret 1998, umiddelbart efter afslutningen på Vladimir Meciars forholdsvis autokratiske styre og dannelsen af en koalition, der også omfattede den politiske gren af den ungarske etniske gruppe "Den Ungarske Koalition" [Magyar
In autumn 1998, immediately after Vladimir Meciar's fairly autocratic rule had ended and a coalition, which also included the political representation of the Hungarian ethnic group, the "Hungarian Coalition" [Magyar Koalició/Mad'arská koalícia], had been formed, the discussion on the territorial­administrative system was resumed.