Press: Czech state wants to increase influence over ČEZ ahead of Temelín extension

The Ministry of Finance aims to increase its influence at the state-owned power giant ČEZ, Euro reported. The business magazine said ministry officials intend to push through changes to the company’s statutes at its next general meeting with the aim of giving the state more say in the choice of suppliers in the construction of two more reactors at the Temelín nuclear power station. Finance Minister Eduard Janota said the building of the nuclear plant was of strategic importance and the Czech state needed to have more ways of influencing it. France’s Arena, the American firm Westinghouse and Russian-Czech consortium Atomstrojexport are taking part in the large tender to build the two new reactors at Temelín, which is located in south Bohemia.