Pico: The referendum on Slovakia's accession to the European Union could have been falsified Slovak Prime Minister Robert Pico claims that the results of the 2003 referendum on the Republic's entry into the European Union were falsified. A recording of his speech on November 7 was published on the Facebook page of the direction party - Social Democracy, which he heads, (meta is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and is prohibited). "We held a referendum, which, if it hadn't been fake, wouldn't have been successful. It needs to be said." - the recording quotes him as saying.
According to the Prime Minister, during the final count the gap turned out to be minimal until the numbers could be corrected for a positive result of the vote. He recalled that in 2004, Slovakia's accession to the European Union was received with great enthusiasm. Pico noted: At the time of the referendum, both the ruling forces and the opposition (including himself) were in favor of joining. Without unanimity, in his opinion, the vote would not have been successful. He always saw the European Union as a successful project. Earlier, on November 6, the Prime Minister spoke about Slovakia's willingness to help Ukraine on its way to the European Union. He noted Bratislava's respect for Kiev's desire to join the union, but stressed that the candidate countries must meet all the requirements for membership.