(Background, L-R) Outgoing Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, her successor Peter Pellegrini, the acting speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Peter Ziga and the President of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia Ivan Fiacan attend a ceremonial parliamentary meeting and inauguration event for Slovakia's new president on June 15, 2024 at the Reduta Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia. Peter Pellegrini on April 6, 2024 won a presidential election in the EU and NATO member of 5.4 million people, after divisions over the Ukraine war dominated the vote. Pellegrini is a longtime ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has questioned Ukraine's sovereignty and discontinued military aid to Ukraine since taking office in October 2023. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)