Okamura: Czechia and Slovakia reject ETS 2 and EU migration pact

The newly elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Tomio Okamura (SPD), is leading a delegation of Czech MPs to Slovakia. The delegation includes only MPs from the incoming Czech governing coalition, drawing criticism from representatives of the outgoing parties, who said they plan to visit Slovakia independently next week.

As part of the delegation, a Czech-Slovak-Austrian meeting was held in Bratislava today, during which Czech and Slovak leaders agreed not to implement the ETS 2 carbon trading system or the EU migration pact, Okamura said. He added that discussions with Austria on these issues will continue.

ETS 2, set to start by 2028, would expand emissions trading to road transport and the heating of buildings, aiming to stabilise carbon permit prices and limit impacts on households and businesses. Okamura also rejected any obligation for Czechia to accept, as eh put it, “Muslim migrants.”

On Ukraine’s EU membership, Okamura and Austrian National Council Speaker Walter Rosenkranz oppose accession, while Slovakia supports it.