A Deloitte analysis showed that only 22 percent of companies have started preparing for the implementation of the new rules, and a quarter still have no idea how they will prepare for the directive.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic V. Šimoňák stated in Brussels that the EU must wait for the first steps of the Trump administration in the field of trade.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico promised Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić support regarding Kosovo and the path to the EU.
The need to establish a permanent financing mechanism to support European regions for the implementation of projects protecting against natural hazards, as well as to promote the relevant legislative provisions, was highlighted by the governor of Attica, N. Hardalias, in his intervention at the 163rd Plenary Session of the European Committee of the Regions, taking place in Brussels.
We were asked to express the needs and financial implications for all these reforms in the proposed budget projections for 2025. We did that. However, for the reforms we have promised as a state, which relate to the work of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, almost no additional funds are foreseen in the draft budget for the next year. Again this year, instead of the legally determined amount for the Prosecutor’s Office at 0.4 percent of the total state budget, we are allocated around 14 million euros or a little more than 0.2 percent, which is half of the legal minimum, informed Kocevski.
On the official status of Catalan in the EU, he told the press that he is “convinced” that the Catalan request is a matter that will be discussed “with depth, seriousness and rigor” and assured that Catalonia will help in any way it can.