Representation of Czechia at meeting of EU ministers by Slovak minister is unusual

The situation in which Slovakia's Minister of the Environment, Tomáš Taraba, will represent the Czech Republic at a meeting of EU environment ministers is highly unusual. Sources contacted by ČTK have stated that they do not recall a similar occurrence, even with regard to other countries. Similarly, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU has not encountered anything like this in the past 20 years. The information regarding Taraba’s representation was shared on Monday by Petr Macinka (Motorists), who is temporarily leading the Ministry of the Environment (MŽP) and was also appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on the same day. Macinka is temporarily heading the Ministry of the Environment, as the candidate for the position of Minister of the Environment, Filip Turek (Motorists), is dealing with health issues and has yet to meet with President Petr Pavel.