Czech ForMin not for unconditional joining of EU´s budget union

Opustit tisk

published: 12.01.2012, 17:02 | updated: 12.01.2012 17:10:59

Prague - The Czech Foreign Ministry dismissed the information released by today´s Lidove noviny (LN) daily that its head, TOP 09 leader Karel Schwarzenberg, wants the country to unconditionally join the new budget and economic union and give up its budget sovereignty.

LN writes that TOP 09 would leave the Czech coalition government if it does not sign the new budget and economic union, citing Schwarzenberg.

"I won't be a part of a government that would be leading the Czech Republic aside the main stream of European integration," Schwarzenberg told LN.

The ministry said the latest draft of the treaty on a new budget and economic union is far more advantageous for the Czech Republic, however, the decision on the signing will depend on the wording of the final text.

LN recalls today that the Czech accession to the budget union treaty is opposed by President Vaclav Klaus.

Klaus today criticised TOP 09 and Schwarzenberg for threatening to leave the government.

Czech MEP Jan Zahradil (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) said Schwarzenberg´s statement confirms the suspicion that TOP 09 is seeking a pretext to leave the government and to start building a pro-European alliance with the opposition Social Democrats (CSSD).

Senate deputy head Alena Gajduskova (CSSD) supported Schwarzenberg´s stance. "Being a part of the main stream of European integration is a real interest of the Czech Republic, not only from the economic point of view," she said.

Prime Minister Petr Necas (ODS) has not yet announced the definitive stand on the EU treaty, saying the text is being constantly modified.

Author: CTK
http://www.ctk.cz/

var addthis_config = { username: 'karelp', ui_cobrand: 'CeskéNoviny.cz', ui_language: 'en', ui_header_color: '#ffffff', ui_header_background: '#192C58', services_exclude: 'print'}

Rucicka hodin posledního soudu se priblízila o minutu k pulnoci

—————

Vláda schválila církevní restituce, pro byli i ministri za VV

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-2241170-2");pageTracker._setDomainName("ceskenoviny.cz");pageTracker._initData();pageTracker._trackPageview();


yakamoz01