# Slovak leader Fico slams EU inaction on fuel prices, demands summit

https://mins.news/en/item/69243

- Reuters, 2026-09-22 16:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/slovak-leader-fico-raps-eu-inaction-fuel-prices-demands-summit-2026-09-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab2a98f118ed10001a247e0

> Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday that the European Union was failing to address soaring fuel prices and should hold an emergency summit on the issue, intensifying his criticism of the bloc to which Slovakia belongs.

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