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Slovakia Will Block the EU’s Russia Sanctions If They Harm National Interest: Prime Minister

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would not approve any measures that affect the country’s ability to import fuel for its nuclear power stations.

Slovakia Will Block the EU’s Russia Sanctions If They Harm National Interest: Prime Minister

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

Guy Birchall

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on June 8 that he would block future European Union sanctions against Russia if they harm Slovakia’s national interests after Parliament passed a resolution urging his government not to support any new measures.

“If there is a sanction that would harm us, I will never vote for it,” he told a news conference.

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