The erstwhile Prime Minister of Slovakia gave an exclusive interview to Hungarian public media. Robert Fico, among others, talked about the fact that his most crucial goal is to make a unchangeable government majority in Slovakia, specified as the 1 created in Hungary by Viktor Orban and Fidesz.
Following lengthy debates and the invalid referendum, the Bratislava Parliament decided on the last day of January to hold early elections in Slovakia on 30 September. Political experts say that Heger's office, which presently governs as a number cabinet, is headed for a certain defeat. Number 1 favourite in the early election may be the organization of erstwhile Prime Minister Robert Fico – Smer.
"Everyone who follows Slovak politics knows very well that political stableness has always been connected with my party. A bit like your country, where political stableness is linked to Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Fidesz," Fico said.
Robert Fico said that the fresh cabinet would be tasked with stabilising the economy, dealing with galloping inflation and energy prices. To this end, measures in Hungary will besides be considered a model.
"I think if sanctions don't work, something should be done differently. We gotta find something else. But if sanctions do not work – on the contrary, they harm us – possibly we should change this policy of sanctions," he said in an interview.
Robert Fico besides considers the EU's sanctions policy to be flawed, and he besides mentioned that he was saddened at the fact that the cooperation of the Visegrad Group at EU level is not presently ideal. According to him, Visegrad countries represented much better their interests in Brussels in the erstwhile term. If he had returned to power, he would have hoped again to support Viktor Orbán.
"This is not a war between Russia and Ukraine. This is primarily the war between the US and the Western planet and Russia in Ukraine“The erstwhile Prime Minister stressed. On the Russian-Ukrainian War, he holds the same position as Budapest. According to Robert Fico, tiny countries specified as Slovakia, Hungary or the Czech Republic are truly suffering from this war. The erstwhile Prime Minister of Slovakia declared that if he came to power, he would halt arms shipments to Ukraine.
"I think even a tiny peace plan is besides better than a war plan to prolong the war in Ukraine. If my organization is part of the ruling coalition, we will halt the arms deliveries from Slovakia to Ukraine due to the fact that we do not believe that this is the solution to the problem," he said.
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