Die Presse warns Czech EU presidency will become “farce”

The Austrian daily Die Presse has warned that the Czech EU presidency will become “a farce” if politicians agree on a caretaker government. Immediately following the defeat of Mirek Topolánek’s government in the recent no-confidence vote, it was thought that his cabinet might stay on long enough to see the EU presidency through. But the country’s president - as well as party leaders - have pushed for quicker changes and resolution. Die Presse criticised the idea of a new interim government; in the paper’s view it will leave the EU with a “politically powerless leadership”.