Slovak President Peter Pellegrini spoke about the problems of the European Union
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Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, speaking on STVR's Saturday Dialogues, said that the European Union is not in the best shape due to low economic growth, declining competitiveness, the energy crisis and problems with gas storage capacity, and that addressing these issues is necessary to demonstrate the EU's viability.
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Slovak President Peter Pellegrini made critical remarks about the current state of the European Union on national Slovak television.
Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said the European Union is not in its best shape at the moment. He spoke about this on STVR’s “Saturday Dialogues” program.
Pellegrini said the EU needs to solve several problems to show its viability.
“The European Union is not in good shape right now: it is faced with low economic growth, declining competitiveness, cannot cope with the energy crisis and huge energy prices, we, of course, have problems filling gas storage facilities in order to have a guarantee of surviving the winter normally,” he said.
According to Pellegrini, it is working with these difficulties that will help restart the EU.
Open Questions
- What specific measures does Pellegrini propose to solve the EU's problems?
- How will other EU member states react to these statements?
- Does Pellegrini have support within Slovakia for such a position?
