Under the leadership of Robert Fico, the new Slovak government would tighten the regulation of foreign-funded NGOs, which Hungary has already done, but the Court of Justice of the European Union found it illegal.
The new Slovak government would tighten the regulation of foreign-funded NGOs, reports Euractiv . The portal notes that this is reminiscent, among other things, of Hungary's move, where these NGOs were classified as foreign agents. The Court of Justice of the European Union later ruled that the Hungarian law violates EU rights - but also that its objective is justified.
The rule of political NGOs in Slovakia ends today
said Robert Fico, adding that all foreign-funded NGOs must be classified as foreign agents. The new prime minister also emphasized that the Smer-led foreign ministry will no longer be a mouthpiece for foreign interests and will politicize along Slovak goals.
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Featured image: Robert Fico, leader of the Direction - Social Democracy (Smer-SD) party, arrives at the party's headquarters in Bratislava on September 30, 2023, the day of the Slovak parliamentary elections.
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