Prime Minister Robert Fico said that the plan is “absolutely unacceptable” for Slovakia. He said that his government was ready to veto it and all Slovak representatives involved in the negotiations on the EU level would work to stop it.
Prime Minister Robert Fico said that the plan is “absolutely unacceptable” for Slovakia. He said that his government was ready to veto it and all Slovak representatives involved in the negotiations on the EU level would work to stop it.
What’s worst - Russian puppet forces in Europe are not funded by Russia. Well, maybe just a bit, but mostly very autonomous.
So - just Putin’s money stream possibly becoming smaller is alone not enough to weed that out.
It’s also a whole criminal culture, all these people have adopted mafia practices and just won’t start behaving otherwise. It’s been let out into an environment without immunity to it.
All those countries with major political parties influenced by Russia, they won’t ever be same as before. Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, not even talking about Hungary and Slovakia, but Hungary and Slovakia are actually better in this regard, because their leadership doesn’t fear competition from not Putin-aligned parties, that sort of weakens their dependence. Not that mafia culture is something new anywhere in the world, but this particular kind carries learned lessons which were not taught outside of 70s’ USSR till 00s’ Russia area and period.
What EU should consider is reducing the amount of levels of government, more agile membership and more direct democracies, and wide popular participation. From things like national guard to volunteers doing stuff instead of government agencies. And militaries with mandatory reserve training for everyone. And transparency. And changing politicians like condoms, not like buildings.