The Slovak economy will be most damaged by the transaction tax as well as established duties to export all goods and services from the European Union to the United States. In connection with duties of opposition parties Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) On Wednesday they criticized the government for not having come up with any measures so far.
“The new duties will damage Slovakia most of all European countries. This is a huge disaster that is rushing to us and that this government is very consistently ignored,” The PS Michal chairman said Šimečka with the fact that In the automotive industry, there is a loss of 20,000 jobs and by 2027 a power outage of 2.7 % of the gross domestic product. He stressed that all European countries are currently dealing with the consequences of established duties, but the Slovak government is discussing topics, such as non -governmental non -profit organizations instead of calling a crisis staff.
Šimečka called on Minister of Economy Denisa Saková (Voice-SD) and Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to come not only with short-term but also long-term measures in the automotive industry. In the future, the state should focus more on the support of small and medium -sized enterprises and the need to invest in innovation so that Slovakia is not only dependent on the automotive industry.
Opposition MP from PS Beáta Jurík added that next week will be held to the established duties and the extraordinary meeting of the Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Economic Affairs, and the meeting was also invited by European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič.
SaS chairman Branislav Gröhling also commented on the transaction tax, for which businesses are currently failing businesses because he is disproportionately burdening them. According to him, the government does not solve the problems of people, but it destroys the Slovak economy.
People will be felt by people for more expensive food, goods and services. Employers will have to take approximately € 200 to € 300 annually on their employers, precisely because of the tax on financial transactions.
