丹尼尔·霍尔纳克报道：斯洛伐克政府批准了2027年选举年预算，赤字相当于经济产出的4.9%，为三年来最大，并违反了欧盟规则。
Slovakia’s government approved an election-year budget for 2027 with a deficit equivalent to 4.9% of economic output, the widest gap in three years and in breach of European Union rules.
政府将这一趋势归因于“不利的宏观经济环境”。地缘政治事件推高能源价格，并冲击斯洛伐克以工业为导向的经济，抑制了增长。
The government attributed the trend to an “unfavorable macroeconomic environment” that’s hurt growth as geopolitical events fuel energy prices and undermine Slovakia’s industry-oriented economy.
尽管总理罗伯特·菲佐政府已实施三套财政整固方案，提高了企业和雇员承担的多项税费，但仍未实现管控公共财政的目标。
Prime Minister Robert Fico’s administration has failed to meet its goal of bringing the public finances under control even as it put in place three consolidation packages that raised a range of taxes and levies on companies and employees.
不过，根据仍需议会批准的方案，政府预计经济增速将从2026年的0.8%回升至2027年的1.8%。
Still, it expects economic growth to pick up next year to 1.8% from 0.8% in 2026, according to the plan, which needs parliamentary approval.
大选定于9月举行，民调显示菲佐所属政党排名第二，选情竞争预计十分激烈。
General elections are scheduled for September and Fico’s party is running second in the polls in what’s likely to be a tight race.
这位四度出任总理的领导人所领导的三党联盟重点为其优先事项提供资金，包括社会支出、缓解高能源价格影响的措施，以及为新建核电站融资。菲佐热切希望通过这座核电站提高核能在该国电力结构中的占比。
The four-time premier’s three-party coalition is focused on funding its priorities such as social spending, measures to offset high energy prices and financing of a new nuclear power plant that Fico is keen to add to the country’s power mix.