Fico to Merz: “Germany is wrong again”

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that Germany is wrong to insist on financing Ukraine.

He wrote this on Facebook, addressing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

“Germany was wrong on the issue of mass migration, was wrong [on the issue] of nuclear energy, and now it is wrong about [continuing] the war,” the Slovak prime minister said.

According to him, “no one will blackmail me with the war in Ukraine.”

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš made a similar statement — the prime ministers of Slovakia and the Czech Republic sharply responded to the German chancellor, who threatened to block the seven-year EU budget if all countries do not contribute to aid for Ukraine in 2027.

Earlier, Friedrich Merz called Europe’s obligation to finance Ukraine without US participation a test.

Before that, Slovakia refused to participate in financing a new European Union loan to Ukraine worth 70 billion euros for 2027. Hungary took the same position.