Blanar: Reports of European Commission Stopping EU Funds for Slovakia Untrue

Bratislava, September 9 (TASR) - Information that the drawing of European funds will be stopped for Slovakia is untrue, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) declared on Monday. "Slovakia rejects the dissemination of untrue reports by the Bloomberg agency about the stopping of EU Funds for Slovakia," insisted Blanar, who pointed out that the so-called conditionality mechanism that the European Commission can initiate to protect the EU budget in cases when a member state violates the rule of law is guided by clear rules and timeframes. Blanar underlined that the intervention on part of the European Commission is never unilateral or not consulted in advance. mf