Current Affairs Two largest parties willing to cooperate on budget during crisis
In view of the continuing economic crisis the Czech Republic’s two largest parties, and often bitter rivals, the Social Democrats and the Civic Democrats have expressed a willingness to cooperate on next year’s budget. Both indicated this week the need to find a consensus, after interim Finance Minister Eduard Janota announced that if strong measures weren’t taken to cut spending and raise revenues, the country would face a ballooning deficit of 230 billion crowns. Is this sudden show of goodwill for real and can it work?
Vladimíra Dvořáková
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