While major European parties and European Parliament factions claim to support LGBTI+ rights, their member parties in Slovakia spread hateful rhetoric without any repercussions, even as it costs Europeans in Slovakia their lives. As the departure of Viktor Orbán's Fidesz from the European People's Party proved, the parties have tools to voice discontent with members who no longer fit their values.

EuroPolicy, o.z. and EURACTIV Slovensko invite you to watch an online discussion with Jakub Landovský, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO and experienced expert in the field of security and defence, which will take place on October 26, 2023 from 15.30 to 16.30.

Together with the Minister of Defence of the caretaker government, Martin Sklenár, we will look at the practical implementation of the decisions of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, especially in Slovakia, at the activities of the Ministry of Defence and cooperation within the Alliance in recent months. We will reflect on the views of political parties on defence and security in Slovakia after the elections. And we will also debate the challenges facing our country in these areas from the autumn onwards.

According to experts, the Russian president's power and its retention rests on three pillars that have been reinforcing each other for years in Russia: his personal popularity, his sense of supposed invincibility and the absence of any opposition. However, has Putin made a fatal mistake in unleashing the war in Ukraine? And is Ukraine going to become a turning point for the Russians as well?