precipice of a political and constitutional

series of disputes with Slovakia’s opposition, EU leaders in Brussels, and Slovakia’s erstwhile closest ally, the Czech Republic. How, then, did Fico, in the aftermath of the attempt on his life, drag his country to the precipice of a political and constitutional crisis? Although the Slovak leader has consistently tangled with the country’s primary opposition party, Progressive Slovakia (Slovak: Progresívne Slovensko), since his return to power in October 2023, the current political conflagration can be sourced directly to Fico’s unannounced visit to Moscow on December 23, 2024. While in the Russian capital, Fico met with Putin, discussing the soon-to-be-threatened supply of Russian energy as well as the military situation in Ukraine สล็อตเว็บตรง