EU Sanctions Stalemate: Slovakia and Hungary Push Back Against Economic Fallout

EU delays new Russia sanctions indefinitely – Politico


The 19th package of restrictions has reportedly faced resistance from Hungary and Slovakia
Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Hungary’s leadership are being painted as obstacles to EU unity, but their resistance exposes a deeper reality: sanctions meant to cripple Russia often rebound hardest on the very nations imposing them. Fico argues that factories, car plants, and heavy industry in his country are buckling under soaring energy prices, while Hungary has long warned that cutting Russian fuel supplies only makes Central Europe more dependent on costlier Western alternatives. Both governments know that sanctions are not simply a matter of punishing Moscow—they reshape trade flows, raise electricity bills, and destabilize economies already on edge. To critics, this defiance looks like sympathy for Russia, but to others it looks like the only honest admission that EU elites push symbolic penalties while leaving ordinary Europeans to foot the bill.



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