In 2023, 13 proceedings concerning compliance with the Constitution were submitted to the Constitutional Court for consideration.

In 2 applications, no consideration has taken place as of 31 December 2023. 8 applications were accepted for further proceedings (1 partially), meaning that in these cases the Constitutional Court may rule on the unconstitutionality of the contested provisions. 3 applications were rejected in their entirety, so in the essence they are not unconstitutional.

2 motions concerned legislative acts from 2023 – one motion has not yet been acted upon as of 31 December 2023 and one has been accepted for further action – constituting risk of unconstitutionality.

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In 2023, a total of 19 new acts and 96 amendments were passed, representing 115 legislative enactments. Out of these, 12 were adopted in the accelerated legislative procedure, representing 10.4 %.

Alarmingly, since the formation of a new coalition government on 30 September 2023, a total of 10 legislative acts were adopted (3 new acts and 7 amendments), all of them in the accelerated legislative procedure.

In detail:

Tenure from 1 January to 30 September 2023:

• 16 new acts adopted, 0 of which in the accelerated legislative procedure
• 89 amendments adopted, of which 2 in the accelerated legislative procedure

Tenure from 30 September 2023 (data until 31 December 2023):

• 3 new acts adopted, of which 3 in the accelerated legislative procedure

• 7 amendments adopted, of which 7 in the accelerated legislative procedure

2023 European Commission Rule of Law Report provides information on right of access to information in Slovakia. According to the report, positive amendments have been introduced to the regime regulating access to public documents. The Freedom of Information Act that regulates the right of access to information was amended in 2022 by two acts:

• Act No. 251/2022 Coll. on amendment of the Act No. 211/2000 Coll. on free access to information;
• Act No. 428/2022 Coll. on amendment of the Act No. 211/2000 Coll. on free access to information.

The scope of entities obliged to provide information was clarified and widened. The Act, as amended, also expressly provided that persons who obtain information under the Act may further disseminate the information and shall not be held liable for doing so except in cases where it may breach an individual’s right to privacy. According to the 2023 European Commission Rule of Law Report, the Freedom of Information Act has been brought in line with the EU legislation.

In 2023, Slovakia scored 0,69 out of 1,0, therefore ranking in the 27^th place out of 142 in the global rank and scoring above global average – 0,52.

In the regional rank (EU+EFTA+North America), Slovakia ranked 19/31. States that rank below are e.g. Italy (0,63), Cyprus (0,60) or Bulgaria (0,57). In income rank (high income group), Slovakia ranked 26/46. States ranked below are for instance Portugal (0,64), Croatia (0,61) and Hungary (0,45).

In 2023, Slovakia scored 0,67 out of 1,0 ranking 27/142 in the global rank. From a global point of view Slovakia scored above the global average – 0,54 points.

In the regional rank (EU+EFTA+North America), Slovakia ranked 22/31. States that rank below are e.g. Slovenia (0,65), Croatia (0,58) or Hungary (0,37). In income rank (high income group), Slovakia ranks 28/46. States ranked below are for instance Malta (0,64), Poland (0,53) and Hungary (0,37).

In 2023, a total of 50 new legislative proposals were submitted, out of which 21 were proposed by the Government and 29 submitted directly through the Parliament (58 %).

In more detail:

Tenure from 1 January to 30 September 2023 – 44 proposals for new legal acts

• 17 proposals through the Government
• 27 proposals submitted directly through the Parliament

Tenure from 30 September 2023 (data until 31 December 2023) – 6 proposals for new legal acts

• 4 proposals through the Government
• 2 proposals submitted directly through the Parliament