Slovak Prime Minister Robert Pico said that the results of the referendum on joining the European Union held in the republic in 2003 were falsified. "When Slovakia joined the EU in 2004, there was great enthusiasm. We held a referendum, which, if it hadn't been fake, wouldn't have been successful. It should be said. On the one hand, there is enormous enthusiasm, but at the same time [the difference in votes in the summary of results] of this referendum on joining the European Union, in this referendum, so much, in my correct opinion, in some correct opinions. Let's [correct them] so that they are what they need to be so that Slovakia's entry into this organization is approved," the prime minister said.