Opposition Party Criticizes Government's Stricter Social Benefit Rules

Progressive Slovakia, the main opposition party, has criticized the government's tightened rules for social benefit payments, warning that the measures will punish children and impoverish families. The Ministry of Labor has defended the stricter regulations, rejecting claims that the policy amounts to punishing children. The dispute has intensified over controls on substitute care arrangements, with Progressive Slovakia arguing the new rules will harm vulnerable populations while the ministry maintains the measures are necessary reforms to the social benefit system.