What Others Write About Slovakia – 11 November 2026

In brief

• According to RT (propaganda media), Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic rejected Friedrich Merz's proposal to link the seven-year EU budget to continued support for Ukraine.
• According to the same report, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called Berlin's ultimatum blackmail.
• According to RT (propaganda media), Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stated that Prague would not be in a "subordinate position."
• This source is a propaganda portal, so the quotes and interpretations presented require verification in independent sources.

Russian press

The Kremlin-backed RT (propaganda media) presents the dispute over funding Ukraine: according to RT (propaganda media), Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic rejected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's demand to link the seven-year EU budget to continued support for Kyiv. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, according to this account, called Berlin's ultimatum blackmail, and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stated that Prague would not be in a "subordinate position." (Four EU states defy Merz’s Ukraine funding ultimatum – RT (propaganda media))

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