BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s foremost center-left political household on Friday kicked out the occasion of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who’s accused of cozying as much as Russian President Vladimir Putin whereas undermining the rule of legislation in his personal nation.
The Get together of European Socialists voted unanimously to expel Fico’s Smer occasion for taking political positions lately that contradict “severely and deeply the values and ideas our household stands for,” Secretary-Common Giacomo Filibeck mentioned.
“This can be a unanimous, clear message. For those who belong to the PES household, you share the values that all of us do,” Filibeck mentioned after the vote at a bunch congress in Amsterdam.
In Could, Fico was the one chief of a European Union nation to journey to Moscow for festivities marking the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World Struggle II, regardless of EU requires a boycott.
Fico, who’s a divisive determine at residence and overseas, returned to energy in 2003 after his leftist Smer, or Path, occasion received a parliamentary election on a pro-Russia and anti-American platform.
Recognized for his pro-Russian views, he has overtly challenged the bloc’s insurance policies on Ukraine. Slovakia is at present holding up the most recent package deal of EU sanctions in opposition to Russia.
