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No shift seen to move Slovakia to change mind on quota suit: PM

Xinhua, October 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Slovak government hasn't seen any shift that would have moved it to change its mind concerning the intention to file a lawsuit against the mandatory immigration quotas as passed at a meeting of European Union's interior ministers in September, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday.

Fico made the remarks in Strasbourg before members of the European Parliament from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and chairman of the Party of European Socialists (PES) Sergei Stanishev.

"It's the right of member countries to file a suit, and it would be strange to criticise a country if it uses this legal tool. I announced that we have eight weeks to do it ... and that I can't change anything on this attitude, as we don't see any shift that would move us to think differently," explained Fico, adding that in Strasbourg he didn't retreat "even a single centimeter" from his statements made previously in Slovakia.

Meanwhile, Slovakia is ready to offer several solutions to the crisis, including the creation of safety zones in Syria, contributing 21 million euros (24 million U.S. dollars) towards the Frontex operation aimed at protecting the outer Schengen border and at discerning real refugees from economic migrants. Endit