Robert Fico
This was reported by “European Truth”, citing Fico’s post on X.
In his statement to the press, the Slovak Prime Minister mentioned that the governments of Ukraine and Slovakia had held joint consultations a few days ago. “I am not at liberty to disclose behind-the-scenes details and never do so, but I had a private conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, and I was shocked by that conversation. Literally shocked, as regards the war and how events will unfold in the future.”
Fico also expressed his disagreement with the position of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who wants to involve all EU countries in funding Ukraine next year. “On behalf of the Government of the Slovak Republic, I would like to inform Mr Merz: Slovakia will not take part in providing another loan of 70 billion (euros) to Ukraine, full stop. We’re done. As for what happens next, I don’t know. It’s utter nonsense; this whole war is utter nonsense. It’s the killing of people, which benefits someone. For money, for influence. I reject this,” said Fico.
The Slovak Prime Minister also described as “blackmail” the reports in the media about Mertz’s threat to block the next seven-year EU budget. According to him, if the Federal Chancellor were to say that he would block the European Union’s budget should all EU countries fail to agree on a new loan for Ukraine, then Slovakia would veto that decision. “I am stating publicly once again: Slovakia will never support a loan for Ukraine. If anyone else wants to do so, please go ahead. I cannot stop Germany, if it has plenty of money, or France and other countries from providing funds to Ukraine – let them do so… I hope I have made myself clear.”
Fico is not the only one who disagrees
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stated that an agreement on future funding for Ukraine cannot be a precondition for the adoption of the next seven-year EU budget.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar also criticised Chancellor Merz’s idea of linking the adoption of the European Union’s seven-year budget to support for Ukraine, stating that this was the wrong approach.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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