Slovakia is concerned with the interest of the European Commission in taking over more powers in regards to the nuclear power sector, Prime Minister Robert Fico told TASR in an interview on Saturday. Fico at the same time added that he's afraid that when exercising such extended powers, the EU authority could base its decisions not only on security-related, but also political criteria.
The premier explained that there are countries among the EU member states that strongly oppose the use of nuclear energy and these could apply pressure on those countries that use nuclear power via a supranational body. The prime minister went on to say that at least Slovakia along with Hungary and the Czech Republic, which are among the latter, are ready to form a solid opposition to any potential anti-nuclear measures sponsored by the EU. “We would need to reach some kind of an agreement. There's no other way out”, asserted the premier, adding that history has shown that if any opposing member-states engaged in negotiations and behaved rationally, they always found mutually satisfying solutions.
