PM Fiala to meet with heads of parliamentary parties on security

Prime Minister Petr Fiala will meet with the leaders of parliamentary parties on Thursday evening to discuss the security and defense of Czechia. However, the opposition parties ANO and Freedom and Direct Democray (SPD) have declined to attend. The opposition Pirates will be represented by their chairman, Zdeněk Hřibo.

The prime minister announced the meeting last Thursday, the day before the government agreed to gradually increase defense spending by 0.2 percent of GDP annually until 2030. A media statement is expected to follow the meeting.