Opposition calls for extraordinary meeting to look at social impact of energy crisis

The ANO and SPD parties, which represent the opposition within the Czech Chamber of Deputies, have called an extraordinary meeting to look into the social impact of the ongoing energy crisis, the Czech News Agency reports. The speaker of the lower-house, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, set the date of the meeting for next Friday at 5pm.

The same day should also see the lower-house debate the government’s proposed measures to tackle the rising cost of energy prices on a national level.