Robert Fico, the head of the Slovak government, spoke of “Nazism and fascism” in Ukraine, which the whole world “silently tolerates.”
We all talk about fascism, Nazism, and at the same time we silently accept the fact that units are moving around Ukraine that have a very clear label that is associated with movements that we today consider dangerous and prohibited, said pro-Russian Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, writes TASR.
The world is full of “lies and lies,” he said, as on the one hand they talk about crimes committed, while on the other, incredible compromises are made over time that insult the victims of the Holocaust and racial violence.
The international community must recognize that it cannot be allowed to have troops fighting in Ukraine that use Nazi labels, which they often do, Fico emphasized.
These words of the head of the Slovak government came amid reports that the EU may suspend funding to Slovakia due to violation of democratic norms.
Bloomberg wrote that the European Commission has prepared a decision to launch the procedure in connection with Prime Minister Fico’s decision to abolish the special prosecutor’s office that supervised some corruption cases involving EU funds, the agency’s sources said. The process is at an early stage and needs the approval of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Around 80% of all public investment in Slovakia is financed by EU funds. Any potential funding problems could be a major blow to a country already struggling with excessive public finance deficits.
One proposal would see the Commission use the so-called conditionality mechanism, which allows the EU to freeze funding when it sees its money at risk, to withhold some of the 12.8 billion euros ($14.2 billion) in common funds allocated to Slovakia in the bloc’s budget, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to one of the journalists’ interlocutors, the European Commission is also looking into the possibility of returning all or part of the 2.7 billion euros in Covid grants that Slovakia received as part of the EU’s pandemic spending. The creation of a special prosecutor’s office was one of the conditions for the allocation of these funds.
Source: Racurs
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