Thursday's meeting between Slovak Premier Robert Fico and European Commission representatives on halting the transit of Russian gas through Slovakia was postponed until Monday, February 3. The Slovak government plane was forced to return to Slovakia due to the closure of Brussels airport airspace, due to technical reasons. Fico was scheduled to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen.
He will try to meet with European Commissioner for Democracy and the Rule of Law, Michael McGrath on Monday. "A dilemma arises as to whether a country can adopt a constitutional change based on which we'll argue that no EU act can take precedence over the Slovak Constitution," said the Premier referring to the proposed constitutional change he presented on Monday, January 27. The proposed concept covers five areas, with the first being Slovakia's sovereignty in value-based and cultural-ethical matters. According to the proposal, legally binding acts of the European Union that conflict with the Constitution of Slovakia should not take precedence over it, and the same would apply to international agreements.
McGrath stressed on Wednesday, January 29, that European law takes precedence over the laws of individual member states.
Source: TASR
