Why discontent is spilling over onto Slovak streets amid Fico government reforms

"The European Commission has been very careful not to draw a line of attack on the (Slovak) government, and that has been made much more difficult because of the recent assassination attempt on Fico himself," Anton Spisak, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform, told Euronews.

"They have to draw a very careful line between legitimately criticising the actions of the government, which stand at odds with some of the fundamental principles of the EU, while not giving in to the hatred against Fico himself."

"But I think with these latest actions, which seem like a very open and blatant attack on the institutions of the state, the Commission will have to act sooner or later," he predicted.