Slovakia Provokes Combat With EU With Newest Judicial Overhaul

Slovakia accepted a bundle that softens punishment for a raft of crimes and abolishes the particular prosecutor’s workplace, organising a possible battle with the European Union over accusations of weakening the struggle in opposition to corruption.

Prime Minister Robert Fico, who returned to workplace final yr on a marketing campaign wherein he slammed the opposition for launching probes in opposition to his occasion, wielded his parliamentary majority to push by the adjustments to the felony code. The adjustments shorten statutes of limitations, scale back obligatory sentences and scrap a physique that had pursued essentially the most critical corruption instances.