Industrialists ask government to speed up reforms

The country's industrialists have called on the centre right government to speed up reforms and remove all existing barriers to growth and investment. The business community sent the prime minister a petition listing the strategic needs of Czech industry, including a fixed date for adoption of the euro, a simplification of the tax system and a more transparent energy policy. The open letter to the prime minister says that the government's reform plan is a step in the right direction but falls short of the country's immediate needs.