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Prime Minister Robert Fico says the bloc abused its power by seeking to force the country to stop buying energy from Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slovakia will file a lawsuit with the EU\u2019s Court of Justice challenging the bloc\u2019s decision to ban imports of Russian gas, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.<\/p>\n

In January, the EU formally approved a plan to phase out Russian pipeline gas by 2027, overriding vetoes from Slovakia and Hungary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe object that where it was not possible to use a qualified majority, it was used, and that the right of a sovereign EU member state to veto something was circumvented,\u201d<\/em> Fico said at a press conference on Friday, as quoted by TASR.<\/p>\n

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EU acting like \u2018suicide ship\u2019 by keeping Russia sanctions \u2013 Slovak leader<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAccording to the Slovak government, this is a clear violation of all the principles on which the EU treaties are based,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Justice Minister Boris Susko said the lawsuit will be filed next week. Fico stated that Slovakia would seek an injunction suspending the regulation.<\/p>\n

Hungary, whose outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, argued that the EU\u00a0\u201cshot itself in the lungs\u201d<\/em> by imposing sanctions on Russia in response to the Ukraine conflict, filed a similar lawsuit in February. Fico has also strongly criticized what he described as \u201csuicidal\u201d<\/em> sanctions and urged the bloc to engage diplomatically with Moscow.<\/p>\n

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc should use \u201cthe momentum\u201d<\/em> from Orban\u2019s election loss last week to further restrict member states\u2019 veto powers, preventing them from blocking loans to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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