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Slovak PM among European right-wing politicians speaking at influential US event

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Slovakia’s prime minister will be among right-wing European politicians rubbing shoulders with U.S. conservative luminaries, including President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk, at this year’s CPAC event.

Robert Fico will be joined at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington by Poland’s previous prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and France’s Jordan Bardell, as well as Nigel Farage and Liz Truss of the U.K.

This year’s CPAC event, running from February 19 to 22, bills itself as “the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world” and confirmed on Wednesday that Trump would address the conference on Saturday.

Patriots for Europe, a European Parliament far-right faction formed last year, said in a statement that this year’s CPAC “marks a significant step in building stronger transatlantic patriotic ties to defend national sovereignty and restore power to the people.”

Announcing its presence at the event, the group wrote that its attendance signaled “a commitment to deepening relations between European and American patriotic movements.”

The group, headed by Jordan Bardella, said it would take part in discussions on national sovereignty, border security and cultural identity.

Panels at this year’s conference include ‘Nowhere to Run: The Takedown of Left Tech,’ ‘BlackRock Life's Matter: Crushing Woke Board Rooms’ and ‘Culture Warriors: Take Your Truce and Shove It,’ the Euractiv news service reported.
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