MPs to spend over 26 million crowns on foreign trips this year

Czech MPs are planning to visit some 30 countries in 2009, at a cost of about 26 million crowns (1.3 million USD), Chairman of the House of Deputies Miloslav Vlček said on Sunday. Amongst the countries to be visited rank Cape Verde, Mongolia, South Africa and Bahrain. A delegation will be sent to Canada to examine the integration of new migrants into society. In 2007, the Chamber of Deputies passed a resolution limiting parliamentary committees’ foreign trips to a maximum of three a year, with the exception of the foreign affairs committee.