Slovakia: parliament adopts controversial reform of the Penal Code, despite protests. 78 deputies from the ruling coalition supported this law while the opposition did not vote.
The new law notably plans to reduce penalties for corruption and economic offenses in this country of 5.4 million inhabitants. The EU recently came out against this reform project and asked the Slovak government not to adopt these reforms.. The issue of penal code reforms could influence the outcome of the presidential elections scheduled for March. Ten candidates are running in this election, the first round of which is scheduled to take place on March 23.