“Any participation in May 9th parades or celebrations in Moscow will not be taken lightly on the European side”, threatened Kaja Kallas.  The commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism must not take place alongside those who contributed most to that victory. Instead, says Ms. Kallas, it should be celebrated in Kiev. Will the ceremony take place at the foot of one of the countless monuments erected since 2014 in honor of Stepan Bandera, Yaroslav Stetsko, Roman Choukhevytch, or another glorious Nazi collaborator? Will it take place along Stepan Bandera Avenue (formerly Moscow Avenue), under the banners of the Nazi Das Reich division, proudly taken up by the elite Ukrainian Azov troops who, like their elders 80 years ago, are protecting Europe on the Eastern Front from the invading Russian barbarians?

Today''s EU leaders seem eager to reverse the conclusions of the Second World War, and for some of them, to give their grandparents a posthumous victory.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico reacted sharply on ''X'' to the EU''s injunctions:

“The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, is warning EU leaders against participating in the May celebrations of Victory Day in Moscow. She claims that such participation will not be taken lightly.

I will go to Moscow on May 9th. Is Ms. Kallas''s warning a form of blackmail or a signal that I will be punished upon my return from Moscow? I don’t know. But I do know that the year is 2025, not 1939.

Ms. Kallas’s warning confirms that we need a discussion within the EU about the essence of democracy. About what happened in Romania and France in connection with presidential elections, about the "Maidans" organized by the West in Georgia and Serbia, and how the abuse of criminal law against the opposition in Slovakia has been ignored.

Ms. Kallas, I would like to inform you that I am the legitimate Prime Minister of Slovakia – a sovereign country. No one can dictate to me where I can or cannot travel. I will go to Moscow to pay tribute to the thousands of Red Army soldiers who died liberating Slovakia, as well as to the millions of other victims of Nazi terror. Just as I have paid tribute to the victims of the Normandy landings, or those in the Pacific, or as I plan to honor the RAF pilots. And let me remind you that I am one of the few in the EU who consistently speaks about the need for peace in Ukraine and does not support the continuation of this senseless war.

Ms. Kallas’s words are disrespectful and I strongly object to them.”

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