The Slovak parliament on Friday approved a constitutional amendment to limit LGBTQ rights in a sweeping change, which also sees national law take precedence over European Union law.

Nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico, who returned to power in 2023, has often been at odds with the 27-nation bloc.

He has faced a series of protests in the EU member over his policies, and Europe’s top rights organisation has warned about the amendment.

Parliament approved the amendment with 90 votes in favour in the 150-seat parliament, an unexpected development as several opposition lawmakers backed the measures.

Fico said his country had taken a “historic step”, calling it “the best response to the collapse of Western societies, where progressivism and liberalism have been given priority.

“We know t

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