A Putin friend in Slovakia could disrupt the EU 28 Sep 2023 Former PM Robert Fico is leading in the polls ahead of Saturday’s election. He wants to stop support for Ukraine and opposes sanctions on Moscow. Even with only 0.7% of the European Union’s GDP, a member state governed by a Russian ally could seriously mess up the bloc’s work.
Euro bailout fund may endanger Slovak stability 12 Oct 2011 The demand for Slovakia to devote more than 10 pct of its GDP to the EFSF brought down its government. That may let in the left, who ran up big deficits and foolishly revalued the currency before joining the euro. Clumsy EU crisis solutions may end up toppling innocent dominoes.