Green Party debates energy policy

The leadership of the Green Party is to meet on Wednesday evening to debate the recommendations of an expert commission regarding the country’s future energy policy. The commission concluded in its report to the cabinet that the government should not rule out any energy sources outright –including nuclear energy. The Green Party entered the governing coalition on the grounds of an agreement binding the three parties not to support the development of nuclear power in the country. In recent weeks Prime Minister Topolánek indicated that he regarded this as a short term restriction.