Prime Minister Robert Fico says the union abused its power by trying to force the country to stop buying energy from Moscow.
Slovakia will file a case in the Court of Justice of the European Union to challenge the community’s decision to ban Russian gas imports, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
In January, the EU formally approved a plan to end Russian pipeline gas supplies by 2027, overcoming vetoes from Slovakia and Hungary.
“We protest that where it was not possible to use a qualified majority, it was used, and that the right of an independent EU member state to veto was restricted,” Fico said in a press conference on Friday, as quoted by TASR.
“According to the Slovak government, this is a clear violation of all the principles on which EU treaties are based,” he added.
Justice Minister Boris Susko said the case will be presented next week, while Fico said Slovakia will request an order to stop the censorship.
Hungary, which outgoing prime minister Viktor Orbán said the EU has “shot himself in the lung” for imposing sanctions on Russia in response to the Ukraine crisis, filed a similar case in February. Fico has also strongly criticized what he described as “suicidal” sanctions and asking the group to engage diplomatically with Moscow.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the Union should use “speed” from Orban’s election loss last week to further limit the veto power of member states, preventing them from blocking loans to Ukraine.
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