White House shrugs off Topolánek’s critique of US economic policy

Meanwhile, the White House has responded to Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek’s comments that current US economic policy is paving ‘the way to hell’ by remarking upon Mr Topolánek’s own domestic political problems. Speaking in his capacity as head of the European Union on Wednesday, Mr Topolánek said he believed the White House was ‘not on the right path’ when it came to bolstering the global economy. Later that evening, a spokesperson for the White House insisted that the US president Barack Obama was ‘doing all he could’ to restore confidence in the economy and that Mr Topolánek’s words should be taken in the context of his own domestic problems. The aide added that despite the current political uncertainty in the Czech Republic, US president Barack Obama would be visiting Prague as planned on April 4-5.