Czech, Slovak governments hold first joint session in three years

The Czech and Slovak governments held a joint session at the Nová Horka chateau in North Moravia on Tuesday. It was the first such meeting between the two cabinets in three years. The Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, and his Slovak counterpart, Robert Fico, signed documents aimed at deepening cooperation between the two governments in different fields.

Mr. Babiš told journalists after the meeting that the current energy crisis was the most important theme. He called on Mr. Fico to lift Slovakia’s state of fuel emergency, adding that the shortage should be addressed across the region. Mr. Fico said he would do so when this became possible.

The previous Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, ended the practice of joint government sessions in 2024 over the countries’ divergent approaches to foreign policy.