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...will meet the seven-country threshold required under EU rules to form a group....
...Meanwhile Ján Slota, leader of the Slovak National Party, Ukip’s Slovak allies, has railed against his country’s Hungarian minority as a “tumour” and suggested dealing with Roma with a “long whip in a small...
...The controversy will not help Mr Fico and his leftist Smer party, which has been slipping in recent opinion polls....
...We will either veto the Czech proposal in the EU Council, or we will insist on that it applies to Slovakia as well,” said Robert Fico, the Slovak prime minister, on his website....
...Mr Slota has also described Tiso as one of the greatest sons of the Slovak nation and has held gatherings to salute his memory....
...All the central European members will be big recipients of financial aid from the rest of the EU for many years to come....
...However, Slovakia’s Hungarian minority is worried about Mr Slota, business people are concerned about how electoral promises will be reconciled with commitments to fiscal discipline and the Europe-wide Party...
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