Slovakia will lose 500 million euros annually in transit fees as a result of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to stop the supply of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine. Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated this on his social network on Thursday. According to its chairman, the coalition party is ready to negotiate with the coalition partners on the adoption of reciprocal measures in the form of stopping the supply of electricity to Ukraine, as well as by limiting the support of Ukrainian citizens on our territory.
“I believe that even the coalition partners perceive the situation surrounding the stoppage of gas transit as extremely serious and worthy of the sovereign reaction of sovereign Slovakia. The only alternative it is for sovereign Slovakia resumption of transit or search for compensation mechanisms, which will replace shortfalls in public finances amounting to almost 500 million euros,” said Fico.
The government delegation should take part in negotiations in Brussels next week, after which the prime minister plans to convene a coalition council and then a government meeting. at which the coalition partners should negotiate the given reciprocal measures.
In addition to the loss of half a billion euros for Slovakia, the prime minister estimated the financial burden of 60 to 70 billion euros for the European Union as a whole. This amount will be paid by the member states through higher gas and electricity prices, specified Fico. “The Russian Federation will not be harmed in any way. Only the United States will benefit from President Zelensky’s decision through increased gas imports to Europe,” he added.
