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Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The attempted assassination of Slovakias prime minister

On 15 May, after an off-site government meeting in the town of Handlová (Trenčín region), Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico was shot: three of five bullets fired by the assailant hit him. He underwent a five-hour surgery at a hospital…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Progress in the Czech nuclear programme the ECs approval and bids for new units

On 30 April, the European Commission (EC) approved a state aid mechanism enabling the funding of the construction and operation of the fifth unit of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant (with a capacity of up to 1200 MW). As part of this…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Pellegrini becomes Slovakias new president consolidation of the ruling camp

On 6 April Peter Pellegrini, a representative of Slovakia’s ruling coalition, won that country’s presidential election and will succeed Zuzana Čaputova in mid-June. Although in the first round he came 5.5 p.p. behind Ivan Korčok, the…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Presidential election in Slovakia a full house for the left-nationalists

The first round of the presidential election scheduled for 23 March will primarily be a clash between the candidate of the predominant section of the government camp, the Parliamentary Speaker Peter Pellegrini, and the former minister of…
OSW Commentary | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Fialas government halfway through its term security reinforcement overshadowed by economic problems

Petr Fiala’s cabinet, which has been in power in the Czech Republic since December 2021, is facing a record decline in support at the halfway point. This is an effect of its waiting too long to address the issues caused by inflation and…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Slovakia controversial changes to the criminal law and a dispute with Brussels on the horizon

On 8 February, the Slovak parliament adopted a package of controversial amendments, in particular to the Criminal Code. These envisage a radical reduction of penalties for selected crimes (mainly economic crimes including corruption, tax…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The Czech nuclear tender more units to be built but without US participation

On 31 January, the Czech government adopted an annex to the documentation on the tender to expand the country’s nuclear energy sector (see ‘The Czech nuclear showdown enters the final straight’). It includes an invitation to the French EDF…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Fico meets Shmyhal Slovakias two-track Ukraine policy

On 24 January, in the border town of Uzhhorod (Zakarpattia oblast) Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico met his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal; this was the Slovak prime minister’s third foreign visit since being re-elected last…
Analyses | | Ilona Gizińska, Krzysztof Dębiec

The Fico-Orbán meeting an Article-7 alliance

On 16 January, Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico visited Budapest, where he met Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán and president Katalin Novák. After his trip to Prague, this was the second bilateral foreign visit paid by Slovakia’s…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Slovakia the Fico government has presented its platform and won a vote of confidence

On 21 November 2023, the National Council of the Slovak Republic voted to adopt a vote of confidence in Robert Fico’s government which was formed on 25 October. The new ruling coalition, which is made up of the left-nationalist Smer party…