EU can deprive Slovakia of funds: Bloomberg

The European Union is working on a proposal to censure Slovakia over the erosion of democratic norms in a move that could result in the bloc withholding funds earmarked for Bratislava, Bloomberg reports.

 

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, has prepared a decision to trigger the procedure over the increasingly populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s decision to abolish the special prosecutor’s office that oversaw some corruption cases involving EU funds, according to people familiar with the matter.