'Not A Schoolchild’: Slovakia PM Robert Fico Bashes Merz Over EU Fund Cut Threat

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After German Chancellor Friedrich Merz threatened European Union states resisting the power bloc's policies on Russia with "financial consequences", Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico hit back. In a fierce counter to Merz, Fico said that Slovakia was not a "schoolchild" and its sovereign position stemmed not from vanity but based on national interests.