RTVS: Central Europe's battle with the European Commission over double EU food standards

July 19, 2017

In an interview for RTVS, our director Vladimír Bartovic commented on the recent battle with the European Commission over double EU food standards.

In an interview for RTVS, our director Vladimír Bartovic commented on the recent battle with the European Commission over double EU food standards. According to the Slovak PM Robert Fico, the Commission should do more to prevent from selling lower quality food to Central Europe.

Evropská komise byla tradičně kritizovaná, že si uzurpuje stále větší pravomoce. Členské státy, který ji zejména v tomto ohledu kritizují, jsou právě státy střední Evropy. I přes tuto kritiku si však najednou přijdou s takovou iniciativou.

Listen to the whole interview in Slovak between the times of [7:53 - 8:15] here.

#European Commission #food quality #V4 #Robert Fico

Vladimír Bartovic
President

Expertise: EU institutional issues, Economic and Monetary Union, € and European budget, Brexit, EU foreign policy, EU enlargement with the focus on Western Balkans, Slovak foreign and domestic policy and economic issues

RTVS: Central Europe's battle with the European Commission over double EU food standards

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