Representatives of the Visegrad group sanction Slovakia’s refusal to contribute to EU bailout for Greece

Slovakia's refusal to contribute to the EU bailout package for Greece cannot be interpreted as a lack of solidarity but rather as a call for greater responsibility, representatives of the Visegrad group states concluded on Tuesday. Parliamentary committees for European Affairs of the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia debated the issue at a meeting in Prague and fully accepted Slovakia’s stand that providing the aid would sanction the actions that led to the crisis, including providing misleading information about Greece’s financial circumstances. Slovakia, the poorest and newest member of the 16-nation euro zone, refused to contribute 700 million euro to the 80 billion euro EU rescue package, which was supplemented by30 billion euro from the International Monetary Fund.