00:00Robert Fico just blocked EU sanctions on Russia again.
00:03And this time, he's demanding a bigger deal.
00:06The Slovakian prime minister is refusing to support the latest sanctions package
00:10unless the EU also tackles something else — Europe's economic crisis.
00:15The new package includes bans on Russian LNG, oil infrastructure, shadow fleets, and even crypto platforms.
00:22But Fico says Ukraine can't be the only priority at next week's summit.
00:27He's demanding clear political action to help Europe's struggling car industry and bring down energy prices.
00:33Right now, EU conclusions only mention these issues in vague language.
00:37Fico wants specifics, and he's ready to block everything until he gets them.
00:42This isn't new.
00:43Last time, he vetoed sanctions until Slovakia got concessions on Russian fossil fuels.
00:49Now he's using the same strategy, but with a much broader agenda.
00:53And he's not alone.
00:54Austria also raised eyebrows by asking to unfreeze Russian assets to compensate its bank.
01:00A move that's left EU leaders nervous about setting a dangerous precedent.
01:04With Slovakia and Austria digging in, next week's summit could turn from unity to chaos.
01:09And then we need to get to get everyone here at this point.
01:13Ghonaldi is the same strategy where this is now for the dispersion of Ukraine and the focus of the underlying climate you have that are now.
01:19So I'd like toийise the point in terms of the science of Ukraine and the response of Ukraine.
01:21The end of the day is the same strategy as well.
01:23We're all in the future.
01:25So I'm going to go ahead and look at the story in the news, which I'm coming to enter,
01:26and I'll go ahead and look at.
01:27I can't wait to see.
01:29You're going to say it's the same strategy as well.
01:30But that's what I want to go ahead and say.
01:32Also, I'm leaving that answer.
01:33Before I move this, I want to go ahead and say that to terms of its own strategy for Europe,
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