Rakušan: government has not agreed on coordinator for adopting the euro

Minister of the Interior Vít Rakušan has announced that the Czech government has not reached an agreement over the issue of creating a national coordinator for introducing the euro. He made the announcement on the platform X shortly after the end of the cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning. His Mayors and Independents Party had previously indicated their desire to discuss in government the creation of the position. Christian Democrat ministers had also acknowledged the possibility of a debate on the common European currency ahead of the meeting. However, they questioned whether it makes sense to create the position of coordinator less than a year before the next general election.

The Christian Democrats support the adoption of the euro in Czechia, while representatives of the Civic Democrats, who are critical of the common European currency, did not comment on the issue before the meeting. The ruling coalition debated the possibility of introducing the euro at the beginning of this year and commissioned the National Economic Council of the Government and the Legislative Council of the Government to prepare analyses of the advantages, disadvantages and potential difficulties of joining the Eurozone. Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák previously stated that the cabinet would discuss the conclusions of the analyses by the end of November.