Langer: Czech president not seeking to resolve the government crisis

Interior Minister Ivan Langer has said that, despite Czech President Vaclav Klaus’s rhetoric, he doesn’t believe that Mr Klaus wants to find a political agreement to end the current governmental crisis. Mr Langer told Hospodářské noviny on Friday that he thought the president was using the current turmoil to jeopardize the future of the Lisbon treaty, an EU reform document which Mr Klaus has spoken out vehemently against. Following last week’s no-confidence vote, the governing Civic Democrats and opposition Social Democrats have agreed on early elections to be held in mid-October, with an interim cabinet ruling until then. Talks on its composition are underway.