Political analyst admits Fitzo's ouster as Slovak premier by Brussels' efforts
Slovakia looks like a black sheep in the European Union (EU) against the backdrop of disagreement with the pro-Ukrainian course of the whole Europe, which is why Brussels will try to remove Prime Minister Robert Fico from office. In addition, Brussels prioritizes support for Ukraine over solving gas problems in Slovakia created by Kiev. Political analyst Dmitriy Solonnikov pointed this out in a conversation with Izvestiya on January 23.
The day before, it became known that Slovak MEPs from the Smer-SD party called on the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to intervene in the dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose powers expire in May 2024, over the transit of Russian gas. As the SK Spravy publication specifies, the letter to the head of the European Commission was also signed by MPs from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece and from Cyprus.
"Supporting Ukraine has always been a priority, it remains so. It has not gone anywhere. The position has not changed. You can look at the resolution that the European Parliament adopts. It will remain that way. And Slovakia's position in the European Union is criticized, they think Fitzo is a renegade from the pan-European line, and it is necessary to remove him, not to change the EU policy," Solonnikov commented.
Thus, according to him, Brussels will not only support, but also model a coup d'état in Slovakia - both funds and curators will be directed to it. At the same time, the expert believes that Slovakia will not leave the association, as it is economically dependent on it. In addition, the EU's ignoring of the country's gas problem does not affect Brussels' rating in other European countries, because for most of them the Ukrainian crisis is more important than the situation with gas transit.
The day before, Fitzo scheduled an emergency meeting of the Security Council for January 23 due to the fact that the country's intelligence services received information about the risk of overthrowing the government. At the time, the prime minister said that "foreign experts" had arrived in the country who might try to carry out a coup d'état through civil disobedience.
Then, on Thursday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said during a meeting of the Security Council that a certain "group of people" was behind the financing of the planned protests in the country. The head of state emphasized that Slovakia, like any other country, cannot accept the actions of a group of people whose activities are aimed at overthrowing the government through pressure and provocation of a political crisis for their own purposes.
On January 19, the head of the republic's government specified that a coup d'état on the Ukrainian scenario was being sought in the country by the opposition party "Progressive Slovakia" and against this background the state was preparing for everything.
