Robert Fico and his cabinet remain in control of the judicial overhaul despite obstruction from the opposition and protests in the streets of Slovak cities and towns.
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The European Commission, which has frozen other countries funding in similar cases, will take action against Slovakia if it enacts changes to criminal laws that violate European Union laws, EU.
(Reuters) - The European Commission, which has frozen other countries' funding in similar cases, will take action against Slovakia if it enacts changes to criminal laws that violate European Union laws, EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders said on Wednesday.
Ignoring a call by the commission to move slowly, the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico has fast-tracked in parliament proposals that include scrapping a special prosecutor's office for high-profile graft cases. Poland and Hungary have seen billions of euros in EU funds frozen in rule-of-law disputes with Brussels, something Slovakia will want to avoid as its seeks to bring down a budget deficit that is forecast to be the highest in the euro zone this year. "Despite the Commission's request not to advance on intended amendments via fast-track procedure, the (Slovak) government carried on with the procedure," Reynders said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.