The European Commission is considering imposing sanctions on the Slovak government of Prime Minister Robert Fico for backsliding on the rule of law, a move that could deprive the central European country of some of its EU funds, according to EU officials.
The EU executive is drafting a letter to warn Bratislava that it faces punishment unless it changes policy, one official said.
Brussels is particularly alarmed by Fico’s increasing clampdown on judicial independence, including the decision in February to scrap an anti-corruption office that was also responsible for averting fraud involving EU money.
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