Slovaks only complain and Danko is looking for a political theme. How the coalition responds to the transaction

8. Apr 2025 at 16:33

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Since the beginning of April is valid transaction taxwhich is to bring EUR 700 million to the state budget. They will be paid by entrepreneurs and sole traders who have been complaining about outgoing amounts for a week. In some kind of business, they are in tens of euros a day.

After the opposition, even the head of the coalition SNS Andrej Danko He described the new transaction tax as unacceptable and wants to stimulate its cancellation. On Sunday on TV TA 3 said that if the cancellation Taxes In the coalition, he will not succeed, « it will be put into parliament ».

Several coalition deputies admit that transaction tax is not the ideal solution, but the amount to be brought to the budget is not easy to replace. According to them, the journey leads only through a discussion in the government, and the tax should not be changed before next year.

Danko says he communicates with the Ministry of Finance. « We need to find a compromise so that we can rely on coalition voices, » he added on Tuesday.

MEPs blame him for just wanting to earn political points. Others question the impact of the tax on entrepreneurs.

« We are a nation that complains about everything, the law has been passed, it must be respected, » said a long -time member Direction Dušan Muňko, who transferred to the CIS club not to disappear after the departure of several deputies.

Andrej, don’t help the opposition

Coalition politicians perceive the attempt to cancel the transaction tax at this point as an inappropriate initiative.