The decision by Hungary and Poland to block the passing of the long-term EU budget and its concomitant EU recovery plan could damage Slovakia's interests, believes Slovak President Zuzana Caputova. "The outcome is that the EU member states, including Slovakia, won't be able to draw financial resources for the post-crisis recovery of their economies," said Caputova. Hungary and Poland chose to veto the agreement on the EU's 2021-27 budget and the recovery plan worth €750 billion in protest against the fact that the EU implemented a new mechanism to link the drawing of European Funds with compliance with the rule of law. The President approves of the stance adopted by the Slovak Government and representatives of the EU. "I hope that at subsequent talks we'll manage to arrive at an agreement that would enable the passing of the EU budget and the EU recovery plan and allow Slovakia to start drawing the resources to restore our economy," claimed Caputova.
According to Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok, a solution must be found in the form of an acceptable framework for the drawing of European resources. "Having said that, however, I don't consider it realistic not to have compliance with principles of the rule of law included as part of such a deal," accentuated Korcok during a video conference with diplomatic missions of the EU countries accredited in Slovakia on Thursday. It was held under the auspices of the German Embassy to Slovakia and revolved mostly about trans-Atlantic ties following the US presidential election, EU enlargement, migration policy, European Green Deal, EU 2021-27 Multi-year Financial Framework and the EU Recovery Plan.
