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Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Leader of Progressive Slovakia party Michal Simecka speaks to the media as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Leader of Progressive Slovakia party Michal Simecka speaks to the media as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Leader of Progressive Slovakia party Michal Simecka gestures as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Leader of Progressive Slovakia party Michal Simecka gestures as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

People gesture as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

People gesture as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

People gesture as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

People gesture as thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands of protesters gather to mark the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)