Dec 9 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s parliament approved on Tuesday the scrapping of the country’s whistleblower protection office, in another move by the leftist-nationalist government that raises doubts about the ‍rule of law in the EU member country.

The following are measures by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s coalition, in office since 2023, that he says improve accountability or correct abuses by the previous government against political opponents but which have been dubbed democratic backsliding by critics ‌and have raised EU concerns.

CRIMINAL LAW REFORM

Slovakia scrapped ‌a special prosecution branch dealing with high-level crime and lowered punishments for financial wrongdoing.

The reform lowered sentences, for example for misuse of money from EU funds, corruption, tax fraud, theft, or

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