Slovakia Holds EU Sanctions Hostage Over Car Industry Crisis

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has vetoed another round of EU sanctions against Russia — and he’s not backing down until Europe addresses its own economic problems. Fico wants concrete action on rising energy prices and support for Europe’s car industry before agreeing to any more aid for Ukraine. With Austria also stirring controversy, next week’s EU summit could become a high-stakes showdown. Is unity within the EU cracking under pressure? WooGlobe Ref : WGA587279 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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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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