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Slovak PM calls for EU summit after Cologne violence

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AFP Bratislava
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico today called for an extraordinary EU summit following the New Year's Eve spate of sexual attacks in Germany that have been blamed on a crowd of migrants.

"It will be necessary to also convene an extraordinary summit. We'll have to modify the calendar we recently approved because we can't wait until autumn given the events" in Cologne, the leftist Fico told reporters.

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First Published: Jan 08 2016 | 10:57 PM IST

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