Slovakia: Fico’s Plans For The Future

People ♦ Published: March 18, 2013; 16:40 ♦ (Vindobona)

In a speech at the congress of the Czech senior opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) on Saturday, Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico explained his future plans.

Slovakia: Fico’s Plans For The Future / Picture: © Wikipedia / Dr J. Herbert

Most importantly, the government plans to carry on with the consolidation of public finances and tax collection. “We have a specific target of 3 percent (deficit per GDP) in mind that we plan to pursue. This yields us specific results on financial markets”, Fico described, promising that the efforts will not deteriorate this year. “We’d temporarily lose a portion of popularity…