It is difficult for me to speak here about democracy, human rights and the rule of law one day after the brutal assassination attempt on the Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Slovakia. Madam Foreign Minister, I am glad that you condemned this assassination in your speech. The ice of civilization is thin - we are always painfully reminded of this - and once again a politician is targeted, just like Olof Palme in 1986, who stood up for peace and diplomacy.