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Bratislava – Slovakia wants to present in the European Union an initiative that is based on the example of stopping aluminum production in Žiar nad Hronom. Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated this after talks with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who is on an official visit to Slovakia on Thursday.
Robert Fico described the aluminum production in Žiar nad Hronom, which was halted in 2022 due to high energy prices in the EU, as a textbook example of “how a nonsensical Green Deal can liquidate a modern ecological factory.” “So let’s make a textbook example of how to restore such important companies that are sinking under the pressure of absurd energy prices,” Fico said.
He spoke about the Slovak initiative in connection with the planned initiative of Czech Prime Minister Andreja Babiša, which concerns energy prices.
“We agree that the biggest problem for the EU’s competitiveness is energy prices, and I therefore received with great seriousness the information that the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic wants to submit an initiative in this regard,” Fico said.
The heads of government of both states also agreed to resume joint meetings of both governments, with the next meeting to take place in the Czech Republic. Both declared the importance of cooperation within the V4 and the Slavkov format. (8 January)