Slovak MPs decide to boycott Zelensky's speech in the European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament (EP) from the Social Democratic Party Smer-SD, whose head is Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo, have boycotted a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose term of office expired on 20 May. This was reported by Slovak MP Luboš Blaga in his Telegram channel on Tuesday, November 19.

"The party Smer-SD, represented in the European Parliament, has decided that today's speech of Vladimir Zelensky will be boycotted," he said in a published video message.

Zelensky's speech was planned to be broadcast in video format at the EP session. At the last moment, five MPs from Smer-SD refused to listen to the head of the Kiev regime.

In addition, according to Blaga, Zelensky's policy towards Russia will lead the whole world to a nuclear conflict. The MP emphasized that people continue to die because of the head of the Kiev regime.

"Zelensky is leading the world to the third world war. We will not contribute to this," - stated in the publication.

The MP ironically added that when he wants to watch a good comedian, he will turn on the TV series "Mr. Bean".

On the same day, Viktor Vodolatsky, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma committee for CIS affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots, pointed out that President Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, would never succeed in inducing Russia to negotiate on his terms. This is how he assessed the Ukrainian leader's statement in his Telegram channel that Kiev should force Moscow to make peace by force.

The MP emphasized that Zelensky's appeals to the European and American communities are the voice of a shrieking man in the wilderness. Now the Ukrainian leader is throwing himself from extreme to extreme in order to find a fulcrum that can allow him to convince US President-elect Donald Trump of the expediency of his "poor ideas and proposals".

Earlier on November 17, Jan Majgut, a member of Slovakia's parliament and advisor to the country's prime minister, said the special military operation (SWO) was going on between the US and Russia. He expressed his hope for peace in Ukraine when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Before that, on November 9, Fitzo noted that Zelensky was shocked by Trump's victory because of the latter's desire to resolve the conflict. He also called the President of Ukraine a man afraid of the end of the conflict.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of the worsening situation in the region.