According to Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, “the one who should have won” did not win in the Georgian parliamentary elections, and the Prime Minister once again emphasized the role of Serbia and Hungary in solving illegal migration. He made the comments on Friday after the end of the informal meeting of the European Council in Budapest, which was held at the same place as Thursday’s summit of the European Political Community (EPC). The TASR special reporter informs about it.
In the context of the current debate about irregularities in the Georgian parliamentary elections, the prime minister said that “the one who should have won did not win”, and in his own words he does not believe “that we would not be able to organize elections in the 21st century in such a way that they would be normal”.
According to Fico, the current debate about the Georgian elections is a manifestation of a double standard. “Unfortunately, it is typical for Europe and the world that when the one who is supposed to win does not win, a revolution is launched against him,” declared the Slovak Prime Minister.
On Thursday, on the sidelines of the EPC summit, Fico met with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobichadze. He told the Georgian leader that it was necessary to explain things patiently and that “Slovakia is the last one that would interfere in the internal affairs of Georgia”.
Illegal migration was also an important topic of the summit. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer led the round table on this issue. The fact that the leader of a non-member state led the discussion is interesting for Fico, since more than ten EU countries participated in the negotiations.
Fico once again mentioned that there are four million illegal migrants on EU territory, “who influence values and cultural traditions” and with whom the EU cannot deal. The Prime Minister pointed out that, based on the plans of the newly elected US President Donald Trump, a mass deportation of illegal migrants from the US is expected. However, the EU decided on a system of redistribution of migrants.
The Prime Minister appreciated the approach of Serbia and Hungary to the issue of illegal migration. According to him, the crossings of illegal migrants at the Serbian-Hungarian border decreased significantly compared to last year.
On Friday, the head of the Slovak government also spoke with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, who asked him for support for an Italian-Albanian project aimed at processing asylum seekers before joining the EU. However, the Italian courts have spoken against this initiative, which they say is in conflict with European law. They referred the case to the Court of Justice of the EU.
