In Slovakia, the policy of Päivi Minister Robert Fico’s Russian policy has made some of the people nervous.
12: 50 • Updated 13:11
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia on Friday. Protesters were criticized by the Prime Minister Robert Ficon Russian policy.
At the same time, the protesters reported their support to Ukraine. According to the organizers, there were about 60,000 protesters present.
Prime Minister Fico was elected to the leadership of the country in the 2023 parliamentary elections. Fico’s Left -Populist Government has taken the country further away from the EU mainstream and closer to, among other things Viktor Orban Hungary. FICO has, among other things, been in contact with the Russian President Vladimir to Putin And visited this in Moscow last December.
The government of Fico has a small majority in the country’s parliamentary, meaning that it is likely to survive the vote of confidence presented by the country’s opposition so far. Fico himself has claimed that the demonstrations are “organized by the Experts responsible for the Maidan demonstrations of Ukraine and Georgian EU demonstrations.”
On Friday, the protesters waved signs with Ukrainian flags and texts like “we have got enough from Fico” and “We are Europe”.
In March last year, Fico survived the assassination attempt. A 71-year-old Slovak man fired Fico so that he had to emergency surgery due to a firing injury. The shooter justified his actions by the fact that Fico had opposed Slovakia’s arms assistance to Ukraine.
Source: Reuters
The story was corrected on January 25, 2025 at 1:11 pm in the story earlier read that “Fico’s government has a small majority in the country’s government”. In fact, the Fico government has a small majority in the country’s parliament.