At some points in 2016 it seemed as if there was always a referendum on the horizon in Europe—including the one in Britain on Brexit, in Hungary on refugees, in Italy on the constitution and in the Netherlands on a Ukraine trade deal.
Now Robert Fico, Slovakia’s prime minister, has urged his fellow EU leaders to make sure 2017 doesn’t follow suit.
“I am asking EU leaders to stop with adventures like the British and Italian referendums (…) on domestic issues, which pose a threat to the EU,” said Fico, who ended his term at the helm of the EU’s …read more
Source: Newsweek
