Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:36:14 +0200Czech government refuses to join EU’s planned fiscal compacthttps://english.radio.cz/czech-government-refuses-join-eus-planned-fiscal-compact-8556989© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech government has refused to join the European Union’s planned fiscal compact which paves the way for a closer coordination of fiscal policies within the bloc. At an EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas cited “ratification issues” as the main reason why the country will stay out of the pact, as the only EU member state besides the UK. The Czech refusal has already caused a stir on the domestic scene as Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said the move would harm the Czech Republic’s interests. Jan Czech Radio’s former correspondent in Brussels, Ondřej Houska summed up the reasons Prime Minister Nečas gave to back his decision. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/necas7_5.jpg?timestamp=1591217052 Czech government refuses to join EU’s planned fiscal compact https://english.radio.cz/czech-government-refuses-join-eus-planned-fiscal-compact-8556989 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9