
Fico Rejects Queen Ursula’s Russian Gas Deal and Upholds Sanctions Veto
Slovakia’s government says EU promises fall far short of real energy guarantees.

Slovakia’s government says EU promises fall far short of real energy guarantees.

“We want guarantees that this problem will not remain only on Slovakia’s back,” PM Fico said ahead of Tuesday’s key meeting.

Facing pressure to meet NATO commitments, a group of EU countries will now be allowed to take on extra debt to fund military upgrades.

Prosecutors say Juraj Cintula aimed to disrupt the Slovak government by targeting the prime minister, who survived four gunshot wounds in a 2024 attack.

EUobserver demands more “frozen funds, intrusive audits, and public insults” from Brussels, and even asks other member states to have their intelligence services spy on the sovereigntist governments.

Slovakian PM Robert Fico could not convince EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to grant his country concessions on Russian energy imports.

The two landlocked countries seek to use their veto as leverage to gain opt-outs from the separate Russian energy ban.
Both governments say Brussels’ energy plan would harm their economies and override national decisions.

By ignoring EU treaties and bypassing national vetoes, Brussels plans to throw vulnerable member states under the bus for the sake of Ukraine.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that the “von der Leyen-Zelensky plan” seriously infringes on Hungary’s sovereignty, going against the Treaties of the European Union.