By Thomas Moller-Nielsen

( EurActiv ) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said he is “not interested” in imposing more sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, as Bratislava continued to block Brussels’ latest round of restrictive measures on Moscow.

“I am more and more convinced that by constantly discussing Ukraine, we in the EU are covering up our inability to deal with our most fundamental challenges and problems,” the populist strongman wrote in a post on X.

Fico added that he had a “long” telephone conversation with European Council President António Costa, during which he expressed his “astonishment” that Kyiv’s war effort is “being treated as the top priority topic” at next week’s summit of EU leaders in Brussels.

“I repeatedly reminded A. Costa that I am not interested in de

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