EU Weighs Blocking Slovakia Funds for Democratic Backsliding
- Criminal code overhaul and prosecutor’s closure main concerns
- The EU could withhold money from its €13 billion cohesion fund
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The European Union is working on a proposal to censure Slovakia over the erosion of democratic norms in a move that could result in the bloc withholding funds earmarked for Bratislava.
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, has prepared a decision to trigger the procedure over the increasingly populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s decision to abolish the special prosecutor’s office that oversaw some corruption cases involving EU funds, according to people familiar with the matter.