Fiala hails meeting of energy ministers as a success

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has hailed the result of the EU energy ministers meeting on Friday as a success for the Czech presidency of the Council of the European Union. Speaking in Mikulov, Moravia, he said that the use of windfall profits from cheaper energy producers to help consumers is a major advance in tackling the energy crisis.

The deputy chairman of the largest opposition ANO party Karel Havlíček was critical of the results, saying that the failure to divide the price of gas from electricity will not make it possible to lower energy prices.

The government is also set to present its own national plan at the beginning of next week, Mr Fiala said.