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EU member states are discussing the establishment of a special Ukrainian Defence Fund, which would fall under the already existing European Peace Facility. With a budget of €20 billion, the fund should help the country keep its armed forces ready and fit for combat for the next four years. However, the countries of the bloc will receive the money from it.
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Similarly to the Madrid summit a year ago, in Vilnius the Turkish president left an important decision to the last minute and on the eve of the Alliance's annual meeting confirmed the green light for Sweden's accession to NATO. According to Zuzana Čaputová, the most important thing for Slovakia at the summit will be to reach an agreement on a coordinated air defence system.
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The closest to women quotas in the parliament are the Progressives, but even they point out that they put half of the women on the candidate list "without them". OĽaNO, Sme rodina and Smer link the recognition of partial rights for the same-sex couples with hateful rhetoric against transgender people.
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In the latest gender equality index, Slovakia is again among the five worst performers in the EU. Although it has slightly improved its score, it is "significantly and consistently" behind the European average. It has risen the most on a year-on-year basis over the past decade.
