Official account of the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the European Union 🇸🇰🇪🇺
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. .. more
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Council and @europarl.europa.eu have reached an agreement on the budget for next year.🤝
Check out our infographic for all the details ➡️ link.europa.eu/DRPw7X
@eucouncil.bsky.social today meets to prepare the 2nd meeting of Conciliation Committee, w/ the aim of reaching an agreement with the @euparliament.bsky.social on the EU’s annual budget for 2026 💶
🇸🇰 Priorities of #Slovakia:
- #Cohesion policy 📊
- Common Agricultural Policy #CAP 🌾
At the 🇪🇺 @consilium.europa.eu & #MontDesArts Trenčín 🇸🇰 & Oulu 🇫🇮 unveiled what’s ahead for their year as #ECoC2026: art, music, theatre, fashion, sport, light shows — even wild boat rides on the river Váh! 🎶💃
@trencin.bsky.social @oulu2026official.bsky.social
Due to specificities of the Central & Eastern European region with high proportion of industries difficult to decarbonize, it's necessary to strengthen financial mechanisms and take into account the technological neutrality.
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What a route and what a feeling at the finish line! 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇪🇺
#BrusselsHalfMarathon #StrongerTogether
Afterwards there was a space for #networking 🤝
Excessive imports from 🇺🇦 destabilize 🇪🇺 market & harm competetiveness of Slovak farmers.
Current safeguards are not strong enough to protect our farmers & market from disruption.
All imports from third countries must meet EU standards.
🇸🇰 Minister Richard Takáč:
Slovak agriculture needs stability, fair financing & less bureaucracy.
During the bilateral meetings w/ 🇭🇷 🇦🇹 🇨🇾 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 we were working on solutions that help farmers ensure fair conditions across the EU.
🇸🇰 welcomes adoption of @consilium.europa.eu conclusions on #Water Resilience Strategy💦
We appreciate focus on mobilizing investments to complete public water supply & wastewater infrastructure and improve flood protection, addressing long-standing gaps in water infrastructure.
We welcomed discussion on the electrification of EU industry, as Slovakia 🇸🇰 has one of the highest shares of industry in GDP among MS, with significant part of hard-to-electrify sectors.
Crucial role of #nuclear in decarbonisation must be acknowledged in line w/ technology neutrality.
Slovakia highly appreciates work of @eu2025dk.bsky.social & @ec.europa.eu on #RePowerEU. However, given the overall significant negative impacts on 🇸🇰 in terms of economic consequences, energy prices & security of supply, we are not in the position to support General Approach.
We endorsed Hungary's proposal to establish a European Day of Sign Languages. 🧏♀🧏♂
A designated day will reinforce our commitment to safeguarding the rights of deaf individuals and amplifying their voices.
Promoting rights of persons with #disabilities is both moral duty grounded in EU values & economic necessity that strengthens cohesion & competitiveness.
#Slovakia 🇸🇰 has one of the lowest at-risk-of-poverty & social exclusion rates among persons with disabilities in the 🇪🇺 (12.6%)
EU is founded on dignity, equality & fundamental rights ⚖️
Everyone has the right to live free from violence, harassment & discrimination.
✅ Ministers today supported Council Conclusions on Violence against women and domestic violence.
Sharing same values, united by 3C: Commitment, Compliance & Constructive Cooperation 🤝
💉 Vaccination against respiratory viruses is key to protecting all of us.
✅ Prevents severe illness and deaths
✅ Improves quality of life
✅ Reduces hospitalisations and associated health system costs
🇸🇰 welcomes proposal on EU civil protection mechanism. It will:
- reinforce nat. capacity building
- strengthen preparedness & emergency response
- allow more flexible use of budget
- include health preparedness
Regarding Crisis Coordination Hub we need more ℹ on its functioning.
We welcome draft regulation on returns of illegal migrants as it will:
- make return process & operations more effective
- improve migration management
🇸🇰 supports the mutual recognition of return decisions, only this way we can ensure unified & consistent EU approach.
#Schengen remains one of the most tangible achievements of the EU integration.
However the number of controls at internal Schengen borders is not decreasing.⚠️
➡️ We expect the @ec.europa.eu's opinion on their proportionality & necessity by the end of year.
🇸🇰🇪🇺 Amb. Monika Sopkovičová met today with representatives of Hyundai Europe 🇰🇷 🚗