Outgoing prime minister regrets no taking more reform measures

The outgoing caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer convened for the last time on Monday. Mr. Fischer said he regretted that he had not been able to push through more reforms during his year in office. He particular regretted not being able to do more to reform the state administrative apparatus.

One of the government’s last tasks was to take account of a report on steps taken so far to counter the illegal employment of foreign workers in the country. According to ministry figures, around 231,000 foreigners worked legally in the Czech Republic at the end of 2009 with the total decreasing by around 54,000 over the previous 12 months. The fear is that some of those who lost their above board, legal, jobs have sought illegal employment.