The author is a former MEP and honorary president of SME Europe
Slovakia experienced a week of shame. While the whole Union pushed for hard anti -terrorist measures 18. The penalty package was blocked by Slovakia until Friday 18 July. The Russian agent from the Slovak government thus delayed the reduction of the price ceiling to Russian oil, the elimination of another 22 Russian banks from the international banking system, or the ban on entering European ports for another 105 shadow fleet vessels of terrorists.
The shame made by Robert Fico by open support for the financing of Russian terrorists was decorated by the reasoning of his surrender by alleged “threat to national interests” and alleged guarantees “prices and gas availability”. At the same time, he made it clear to his attitudes, whom the interest is promoting, and it is clear that the price and availability is not determined by political nominees, but the market demand and supply.
Lift out of incapacity
While the Russian agent tried to persuade the success of his actions and alleged “guarantees” by the European Commission, there was no publicly presented in addition to the letter of the chairwoman of Ursula von Der Leyen, in which he offers assistance to the commission to stop financing Russian terrorists.
This letter also convinces the Slovak government of the inability and the fact that it did not require anything:
1. While other countries have honestly fulfilled their domestic diversification tasks, the European Commission must be helped by Slovakia …
2. Similarly, the offer of legal aid in the case of litigation. While Czech and Austrian companies immediately gave Russian Gazprom on the arbitration and succeeded without any European assistance, Slovakia is incomprehensibly constantly weight and it must be stunned by the European administration.
3. For the third time, the Commission offers assistance in the use of EU funds for “purposes related to energy compensation for negative impacts on households and industry”, which is also the primary role of the Member State to propose and prepare something like that.
The myth of cheap Russian raw materials
So this communication says “if you do not know, we will help you”, but it does not say anything about “guarantees” communicated by the Russian agent. The export of the energy raw materials of Russian terrorists to the EU is today at 15 percent of the situation before 2022 with a clear goal to put an end with it so that we do not finance the killing of the innocent and do not exhale with our safety.
This goal has so far been set for the beginning of 2028, but it is already discussed at the beginning of 2027. While the Slovak government fails to fulfill the elementary diversification tasks and haunts collapse, they are all preparing for an earlier term.
The myth of “cheap” Russian raw materials is best documented by today’s reality, according to which the price of gas for industry in Slovakia is the second highest in the EU. Also because the Slovak regulator disproportionately increases the fees for distribution and storage of gas in favor of a few energy companies and the detriment of the competitiveness of the Slovak industry and citizens.
There is currently no important aspect of cooperation with Ukraine, with which we have and we will have energy links in the topic of energy cooperation. We are still a transit country, and even if the gas flows through us to our east neighbor today, it is not excluded that in the future it may be the opposite again. Of course not with Russian gas.
The same is true of oil, as the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline is connected to the Druzhba pipeline and the capacity can immediately supply the non-Russian oil Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, both potential and Germany. Of course, not only the Americans, but also the Hungarian MOL are interested in the Odestan port.
Concern in the country of terrorists
It is the emphasis on Ukrainian-Slovak energy cooperation that should also be a topic for the Slovak executive, as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his willingness to talk about the Slovak energy situation on European soil.
The preservation of the current state and the financing of Russian terrorism is immoral and unsustainable. However Russian agent Robert Fico will try to disrupt European unity, the goal of stopping Russian energy supplies will be realized. It is not enough to do to protect the life of the innocent.
However, concern about the terrorist country is a clear signal that this is important and necessary. It was in the past week that the reports have escaped from there that terrorists are unable to fulfill the original increase in military spending and put twice the cash of rubles into circulation. Careful implementation of sanctions can only speed up such economic development.
