Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:22:18 +0200https://english.radio.cz/slovak-bailout-rejections-and-czech-opt-outs-a-view-brussels-8559796© 2026 Radio Prague International Central European politicking took centre stage in EU news on Tuesday, as the Slovak Parliament voted against expanding the EU bailout fund and took their government down with it. Meanwhile, the EU approved the ratification of the Czech opt-out to its Charter of Fundamental Rights, which was demanded by President Václav Klaus in 2009 as he steadfastly postponed his signing of the Lisbon Treaty. To many of Wednesday’s political pundits it seems the Czechs and Slovaks are making an art out of hijacking major EU votes to drive through their domestic agendas. Our reporter Christian Falvey asked Czech Social Democrat and Vice President of the European Parliament Libor Rouček what kind of impression these events have left in Brussels. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/euro07.jpg?timestamp=1591468798 https://english.radio.cz/slovak-bailout-rejections-and-czech-opt-outs-a-view-brussels-8559796 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9