Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok has appreciated the fact that the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) was based on a debate with the public, expressing his concern that institutional issues, in particular, may come to the fore in the next stage of the process, however. "[I'm concerned] that the debate from the streets, towns and cities across Slovakia and across Europe will now take place behind closed doors and will be mainly about who is for and who is against updating basic treaties," he said.