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Slovak prime minister Robert Fico could lose billions in EU funding if process moves ahead (Photo: eu2016sk/Flickr)

EU 'won't hesitate' to block funds if Slovakia guilty of legal abuse

Slovakia has vigorously denied that it risks losing EU money due to backsliding on rule of law, but the European Commission says it is analysing the situation and "won't hesitate" to act if it finds fault.

"The Slovak republic rejects the dissemination of false information by the Bloomberg agency about the stopping of EU funds for Slovakia," said its foreign ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Slovak prime minister Robert Fico could lose billions in EU funding if process moves ahead (Photo: eu2016sk/Flickr)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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