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New Slovak Prime Minister Vows ‘Sovereign’ Foreign Policy

New Slovak Prime Minister Vows ‘Sovereign’ Foreign Policy

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Slovakia's newly appointed prime minister, Robert Fico, promised on Wednesday to pursue an independent foreign policy, which may put the central European nation on a collision course with Brussels.

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"You will hear the government speak with a sovereign voice. You will see a sovereign foreign policy. You will see professional work," he said during a swearing-in ceremony. The politician accused the previous government of ignoring many problems and promised that his government would act constructively. Slovak President Zuzana Caputova swore the veteran politician in for a fourth stint as prime minister and appointed a three-party coalition government on Wednesday. Fico’s center-left Smer party won the parliamentary election in September on a pledge to end military support for Ukraine.

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