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The move comes in response to prime minister Mikulas Dzurinda’s decision to scrap the controversial Slovak-Vatican Treaty (Photo: European Commission)

Slovak cabinet falls over controversial Vatican Treaty

The Slovak government is on the verge of collapse due to a dispute among ruling coalition parties over a Vatican treaty criticised also by the EU.

The treaty's main advocate, the Christian Democrat Movement (KDH), announced that it is leaving the government coalition on Monday (6 February), after Slovak prime minister Mikulas Dzurinda decided to sink the controversial document.

The agreement deals with principle dubbed as "objection of conscience" in the treaty, favoured by the Ch...

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The move comes in response to prime minister Mikulas Dzurinda’s decision to scrap the controversial Slovak-Vatican Treaty (Photo: European Commission)

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