Foreign Policies

Danko: Macron's Election New Hope for Necessary Unification of EU

Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) – Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Monday congratulated centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron on being elected president of France in a run-off against National Front’s Marine Le Pen on Sunday, Parliament communication department director Zuzana Cizmarikova told TASR.

“For us, he represents a new hope for the necessary unification of the European Union,” stated Danko in reference to Macron.

According to the chief of Slovak Parliament, France on Sunday presented an example to Slovakia of how to “halt people who only keep taking potshots in politics, offering only conflict and selfish solutions”.

Danko added that this choice by the French people is better not only for France, but also for the whole of Europe.

Macron, who set up his centrist En Marche movement only one year ago, gained 66 percent of the votes in the run-off. The turnout on Sunday reached 74 percent, the lowest figure for a run-off in almost 50 years.

Aged 39, Marcon has become France’s youngest president ever.

SPPK: If Farmers Aren't Taken Seriously, They Will Be Seen in Streets More Often

If farmers' demands are not taken seriously, they will be seen in the streets more often, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber chairman Emil Macho told a news conference held in front of the Parliament's building on Thursday.

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

President Supports Civic Collection to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) - I support the 'Ammunition for Ukraine' civic collection, President Zuzana Caputova posted on a social network on Friday, adding that she's also proud that many in Slovakia care about the fate of neighbouring Ukraine. "I support this initiative because it's the right thing to do.

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