By Jan Lopatka

(Reuters) -Slovakia’s laws will take precedence over EU legislation in matters concerning “national identity”, including issues of family and gender, under a constitutional change approved by parliament on Friday.

Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has taken an increasingly anti-liberal position on social issues while forging closer ties with Russia and China on the international stage, has billed the constitutional change as “a dam against progressivism”.

Critics of Fico, including human rights activists and some legal experts, fear the amendment will threaten Slovakia’s commitments to EU laws and international treaties.

The amendment states that male and female will be the only recognised genders, and that school curriculums must respect the cultural and ethical positions

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