Foreign Policies

Larcher: EU-Britain Divorce Should Be Friendly

Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) – The divorce of the European Union and United Kingdom must be friendly, President of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher said at a press conference after the summit of EU parliamentary chairs in Bratislava on Friday.

Larcher stressed that this is his personal opinion, but it has a broad support in the French Parliament.

“Our divorce should be made along friendly lines. France doesn’t forget about what it should be grateful for to Britain,” said Larcher following the summit organised by Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko.

Estonian Parliamentary President Eiki Nestor noted that there was a question following the British referendum that decided on the country’s exit from the EU which country could be the next. “After this two-day meeting I’m sure that there will be no further country [to leave the EU],” stated Nestor.

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

Milan Krajniak Leader of Christian Union's Slate for EP Elections

Ex-minister of labour and former 'We Are Family' vice-chair Milan Krajniak will be the leader of the Christian Union's (KU) slate for the European Parliament (EP) elections, said KU chair Anna Zaborska when presenting the party's 14-member slate at a news conference in Zilina on Tuesday.

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