Švejnar popular choice for next Czech EU commissioner

Meanwhile, economist Jan Švejnar enjoys the highest rate of public support amongst possible candidates for the Czech Republic’s next EU commissioner, a poll conducted by the SANEP Agency has found. Some 32 percent of Czechs said they favoured Mr Švejnar as the country’s next commissioner, while former Czech commissioner Pavel Telička came second with a support rating of 26 percent. Fourteen percent of those polled said they wanted former European Affairs Minister Alexandr Vondra to be the country’s next representative at the European Commission while current commissioner Vladimir Špidla came fourth. Prime Minister Jan Fischer said that his government would decide on who should fill the position by October 20.