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The Opposition Is Turning to the Constitutional Court to Review the Government's Obligation to Present a Balanced Budget

Opposition parties are filing a joint petition with the Constitutional Court (ÚS) to interpret the government's obligation to present a balanced budget. They are referring to a document approved by the cabinet a week ago, in which they claim that the government is subject to one of the exceptions provided for in the constitutional law on the debt brake....
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The opposition has united against the government coalition, similar to the dismissal of Tomáš Taraba from the post of Minister of the Environment. This time, four opposition parties are filing a joint petition with the Constitutional Court. They want it to examine whether the government must submit a balanced budget. This obligation is established by the sanctions resulting from the debt brake, but the coalition led by Robert Fico (Smer) is conv…

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The opposition parties PS, SaS, KDH and Hnutie Slovensko are filing a petition with the Constitutional Court. They want it to assess whether the government must prepare and submit a balanced budget to parliament despite using the debt brake escape clause. According to Mária Kolíková (SaS), this obligation is clear from the constitutional law.

Opposition parties are jointly filing a petition with the Constitutional Court, demanding a binding interpretation of the Budget Responsibility Act. They say the government is purposefully bending the rules and using excuses to circumvent the constitutional obligation to submit a balanced budget proposal.

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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Opposition parties are filing a joint petition with the Constitutional Court (ÚS) to interpret the government's obligation to present a balanced budget. They are referring to a document approved by the cabinet a week ago, in which they claim that the government is subject to one of the exceptions provided for in the constitutional law on the debt brake....

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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Hospodárske Noviny broke the news in Bratislava, Slovakia on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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