Overview

• Prime Minister Robert Fico hailed the vote, calling the reform a historic step and the best response to what he described as the collapse of Western societies.
• The amendment declares national law supreme in areas such as identity, health, education and civil status, challenging the reach of European rules.
• The text limits adoption in most cases to married heterosexual couples and bans surrogacy, whether altruistic or paid.
• Slovakia will legally recognize only male and female sexes, and the reform tightens processes related to gender change for intersex people.
• Opposition leader Michal Šimečka condemned the result as a shameful betrayal and warned the overhaul could harm Slovaks and jeopardize the country’s standing in the EU.