Opposition party in dispute with the Russian media

The opposition Freedom and Solidarity party (SaS) has objected to lies disseminated by some Russian media which have stated that the SaS supports Slovakia's departure from the EU, or Slexit. This came after the website Pluska.sk reported on Saturday that the Russian newspaper Izvestija had insinuated that Slexit had also garnered support from the SaS. "The Freedom and Solidarity party has never been in favour of Slovakia leaving the EU and its chairman Richard Sulík has repeatedly spoken against such a move," said the liberals. According to the SaS, the EU represents a vital space for Slovakia's national emancipation, economic growth and the protection of human rights, which were brutally trampled upon in the erstwhile Eastern Bloc headed by the Soviet Union. The criticism raised by SaS representatives against excessive European bureaucracy, regulation, centralisation and inadequate security capacities has nothing in common with Slovak extremist forces calling for Slexit.