Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has long been a controversial figure, and has been accused of fanning the flames of political hatred in the eastern European country.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico attends a government meeting, before a shooting incident where he was wounded, in Handlova, Slovakia , May 15, 2024. The small eastern European country remains divided and tense, a week after Mr Fico was released from hospital.
A person is detained after Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot at close range in an assassination attempt, after a government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia on May 15, 2024. He has pledged to end military support for neighbouring Ukraine and has been open to improving ties with Russia.Just a month before the attempt on his life, he lashed out at the press and Slovakia’s opposition, accusing them of spreading hate and chillingly predicting that it could lead to the murder of a senior government figure.
Speaking while on the campaign trail for the European parliamentary election, which kicks off on Thursday and closes on Sunday, Mr Blaha claimed it had been “four years of hatred against Fico and against SMER”. Meanwhile, the pro-European opposition Progressive Slovakia party countered that SMER has no desire to unite the country.
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