Fico challenges German policy on Ukraine and energy
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticised Germany’s political leadership over migration, nuclear energy and continued financial support for the war in Ukraine, arguing that Berlin is repeating mistakes in its policy decisions.
In a Facebook video, Fico addressed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz directly, challenging the direction of German policy in three areas.
“Mr Merz, Germany was wrong on mass migration, it was wrong on nuclear energy, and now you are wrong again on funding the war!”
The statement links Fico’s criticism of Germany’s previous policy choices to his opposition to the current approach to financing the conflict in Ukraine. By placing migration, nuclear energy and war funding together, the Slovak leader presented them as examples of decisions whose consequences deserve closer political scrutiny.
Fico’s message also reflects a disagreement over the priorities of European governments. His criticism raises questions about the political and financial costs of supporting Ukraine while European countries face their own energy and economic challenges.
The video makes Germany the focus of that argument, with Fico accusing its leadership of pursuing another mistaken course. His remarks are a political assessment rather than evidence that the policies he criticised have produced the outcomes he attributes to them.
For Slovakia, the intervention underlines Fico’s willingness to challenge the positions of influential European Union member states, particularly on issues involving national interests, energy policy and the war in Ukraine.
