Brussels is undermining European competitiveness with an ideologically driven Russian energy ban, Robert Fico has warned

The European Union’s attempt to eliminate Russian energy from its market is a self-destructive and dangerous policy, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday during the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) in Bratislava.

In his opening remarks, Fico blasted the REPowerEU initiative – the bloc’s plan to completely phase out Russian energy sources – calling it “complete nonsense.”

“We are shooting ourselves in the knee,” he said. “And I am prepared to argue with the European Commission 24/7 to convince them that it’s a…

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