The Prime Minister is waiting for a position from the opposition parties on the European Commission's guarantees, which are supposed to motivate him to unblock the latest package of anti-Russian sanctions. It is obvious that this is wrong. Otherwise, he would not be interested in the opposition's opinions at all.

They wanted to rule, so let them show themselves.

This is not the first time that Robert Fico has tried to solve problems by shifting them onto the shoulders of others. And I guess in the deepest depths of his soul he expects gratitude. After all, he involves his opponents in decision-making... He would have to be in office for a second week for anyone to believe him in such a game.

All his gas-related stubbornness, which he shamelessly renamed national-state interest, is exclusively the work of his mind (and the pro-Russian Bolshevik foundation within it). So let him reap the fruits of his labor. If he wants reflections and clarifications on the issue, he has them in abundance – from the German Chancellor and the Czech Prime Minister.

He just needs to get into these understandable messages and throw off his mental armor for a moment. His gassy anger rather proves the suspicions of non-public dealings and hidden commitments that he specified with the Russian Tsar in Moscow during Christmas.

There is no constitutional framework for begging for an opposition position. The Prime Minister has the power, so let him use it as the political system demands. If he needs to summon ministers from Croatia, Dubai, the Spanish coast, or any other coast, he has their mobile numbers at his disposal.

Fico fell off his horse

The sole purpose of this game is to compromise opposition leaders and, in the event of any future problem, to bash them (and everyone around them) in the head. Meanwhile, the ruling coalition has long despised parliamentary control and systematically turns opposition politicians into traitors or at least pests.