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\"Where it was not possible to use a qualified majority, it was used and we oppose that, as well as the fact that the right of a sovereign EU member to use the veto right was ignored,\" said Fico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the Slovak Government's position is that this represents a clear violation of all the principles on which the EU is founded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Justice Minister Boris Su\u0161ko said that the lawsuit will be filed next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hungary, whose outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the EU had \u201cshot itself in the foot\u201d by imposing sanctions on Russia in response to the conflict in Ukraine, filed a similar lawsuit in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fico also strongly criticized what he described as \"suicidal sanctions\" and called on the bloc to engage diplomatically with Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In January, the EU formally approved a plan to phase out Russian gas from the pipeline by 2027, overruling vetoes by Slovakia and Hungary.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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