"I have the feeling that Europe is committing a ritual suicide to which we are all witnesses," said Fico, who was asked about a comment from European Council President Donald Tusk about the urgency of controlling the number of migrants in Europe.
"We have no more than two months to get things under control," Tusk told the European Parliament on January 19.
"I understand the remarks by the President of the European Council to mean that he is monitoring the effectiveness of the agreement between Turkey and the EU," said Fico.
Fico said that stopping migrants from entering the EU from Turkey would be the most effective way to stop their flow into Europe, but that the agreement was still not functioning correctly.
He urged Europe to protect Schengen by more effectively patrolling its borders, including with the Coast Guard, rather than wasting time trying to impose unnecessary migrant quotas.
"Our philosophy is to stop the influx of illegal migrants, then we can deal with what happens inside Europe," said Fico, who condemned European politicians who try "to solve the problem of quotas, which have proved to be unreasonable and unworkable, and in the meantime thousands of migrants are entering Europe every day."
"Fewer are coming now not because there are some protective measures, but simply because it is cold. I am afraid that if the EU doesn't reach a solution until late 2016 or 2017, Europe will complete the aforementioned ritual suicide."
"Countries like Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary were attacked for daring to clearly name the problems, but it turns out that we were right."
"Because we have a difference of opinion about one aspect of the migrant crisis – the imposing of quotas – does not mean that the Visegrad countries are not in solidarity – we are."
"V4 (the Visegrad countries) offered the greatest contribution to Frontex (the EU border agency)," and Slovakia has also established a special 300-strong police force trained specifically at protecting borders, said Fico.
"We can send them anywhere, and use them on a bilateral basis, like when we agreed to send police officers to Hungary and Slovenia. In February we're sending another group of police officers to Macedonia."
When asked about the ultimate cause of the migration crisis, Fico said that EU foreign policy must bear some of the blame.
"There are a lot of theories. However, we must admit that there are EU member states which, for example, supported civil war in Syria. Libya under Gaddafi warned Europe that Syria could become a platform for people who want to travel across the Mediterranean to Europe."
"The answer to those warnings was the bombing of Libya and elimination of the regime."
"Gaddafi was a dictator, so it could be said that that was correct. But if we, in the name of our values, overthrow an existing regime, we must have a plan B," said Fico, and called on European leaders to learn the lessons of their past mistakes in the Middle East.
