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After the start of the Russian aggression, the Slovak Prime Minister said that the EU must find a new way and new rules that would allow Ukraine to become a member of the Union. However, European leaders have not yet even granted it candidate status. At the EU summit, EDUARD HEGER said the accession criteria should not be changed. "They show a country's readiness to be a member state," he told EURACTIV Slovakia.
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Today, debates about systemic change are sidelining acute security problems. But even before the conflict broke out, citizens were giving guidance that would make today's negotiations on sanctions look very different.
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The move to qualified majority voting is not on the table. In recent weeks, we have found unity in decisions that would otherwise have taken months. Voluntary agreements have more value and we want to keep this trend going as long as possible, says Slovak Prime Minister EDUARD HEGER in the podcast.
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The Conference on the Future of Europe recommends the introduction of European minimum pensions. The Slovak Ministry of Labour is in favour of improving social policy at European level, taking into account the specificities of the Member States. However, such a proposal would not mean that Slovaks would have the same pensions as Germans.
