Czech, Slovak PMs want stronger role of member states in EU

The EU is threatened with fragmentation, which it can avert only if it more respects member countries' interests, Slovak PM Peter Pellegrini said on a visit to Prague today. His Czech counterpart Andrej Babis (ANO), too, said the Czechs want a stronger role of the member states at the cost of the European Commission. "We can see the risk of a possible political and economic fragmentation of Europe," Pellegrini said. A split threatens to occur not only between the older and younger EU members but also between those in the north and in the south of the continent, Pellegrini said.