Lucia Plavakova, a member of the Slovak Parliament representing the opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS), announced that Parliament blocked her upcoming trip to Serbia, where she was scheduled to serve on an international election observation mission.
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) had selected Plavakova to join a European delegation tasked with overseeing Serbia’s electoral process. However, the informal civic group “Bratislava Stands with Students” quoted Plavakova as saying that the Slovak Parliament refused to approve her official travel request.
“While (Slovak Prime Minister Robert) Fico traveled to Serbia to exert influence over the elections, the Parliament denied my request to observe them - even amid profound concerns surrounding the process,” Plavakova wrote on social media.
Just last week in Novi Sad, Fico attended a campaign rally for the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), where he publicly endorsed the “Aleksandar Vucic - United Serbia” electoral list.
Plavakova added that the Slovak Parliament’s decision raised eyebrows within the Council of Europe, noting that lawmakers from other member states rarely, if ever, face such travel restrictions.
Addressing the Slovak Parliament on October 14, 2026, Plavakova said that officials cited austerity measures for the decision, pointing to a general freeze on all official parliamentary travel abroad until the end of the year. She emphasized that she will be investigating whether these spending restrictions are actually being applied evenly to all MPs.
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