On Tuesday 15 July, the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, shared and reacted publicly to the letter that the European Commission had sent him the same day in response to the Slovak government’s concerns about the EU’s plan to phase out Russian gas imports.
Slovakia is therefore still blocking the 18th package of sanctions targeting Russia (see other news) while awaiting satisfactory guarantees concerning this REPowerEU ‘roadmap’ for an end to Russian fossil fuels. The regulation...