Slovak Elections and Politics | Fico the Fourth 🇸🇰

[MaxQue]

To fight rising energy prices, the government has put in place an excess profits tax on nuclear power generation, which supplies more than half of country's electricity. It's an extra 50% tax on revenue over €42 per megawatt-hour. It's an interesting example of how Sulík has transitioned from a libertarian to a normal centre-right liberal. I'm not a huge fan of him, ideologically or personally, but I feel like he's one of the better finance ministers we've had and would be a much better PM than any available alternative.

Slovenské elektrárne already threatened that this tax might drive the company into bankruptcy and could potentially sink Mochovce 3 & 4 (both reactors are expected to get into operation in the next years), a project into which 6 billion euros had been invested already.

This is bluster, as there no way a tax on excess PROFITS can make a company bankrupt.

[MaxQue]

Does the government even have any power related to dioceses?

[MaxQue]

People here rooting against the left-wing parties in Eastern Europe is hilarious, but not really unexpected at all.

There is nothing left-wing about corruption (which is redistribution of wealth from all to the friends of Fico, in this case).

[MaxQue]

Thanks for that, MRCVzla.

So this guy is an MEP and an MP simultaneously? Never heard of that combo before - I'm surprised there are no EU or Slovak rules preventing this.

france

What's with France? Don't think you can be an MEP and MP there simultaneously, either.

I don't think European regulations allow it, hence why the UK House of Lords had to invent some kind of wierd leave for Lords elected as MEP.

[MaxQue]

I suppose people unfamiliar with the French system would be surprised that party leaders aren't necessarily in the legislature, plus France has an infamous problem with cumul des mandats with a gazillion of deputies and senators who are also mayors, councillors and what have you, though I think Macron restricted this as well.

That would be Hollande.