PM Fiala: Czechia not in favour of qualified majority voting in EU

The European Union can no longer approach the question of its enlargement in the current hesitant manner and must set out a clearer roadmap for countries aspiring to EU membership, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said at an informal EU summit in Granada, Spain. He stressed however that the Czech Republic is not in favour of linking the issue of enlargement with a change in EU decision-making processes and considers it important to maintain the right of veto. The statement came in response to Czech President Petr Pavel's idea, voiced at the College of Europe in Bruges this week, that a debate should be held on how to improve the effectiveness of the EU, floating the idea of introducing qualified majority voting in some areas of decision-making.