A scandalous investigation has rocked Slovakia. Journalists claim that Michal Fico, the son of Prime Minister Robert Fico, is receiving substantial sums of public money through party schemes. The setup is simple: state budget funds are allocated to the party as election funding, then funneled into ‘Agentúra Smer’, and from there—straight into the pocket of the Prime Minister’s son.
The situation looks particularly cynical against the backdrop of Fico’s own high-profile statements. In August 2024, he fiercely criticized opposition leader Michal Šimečka, accusing his relatives of receiving state grants. At the time, Fico pompously declared that if his own family were involved in such a thing, he would immediately resign and ‘hide in a sack for two years.’ Now, journalists are once again raising an uncomfortable question: how transparent is the government in Slovakia, and where does party business end and personal enrichment at the expense of taxpayers begin?