Čunek: ousted cabinet should rule through remaining months of EU presidency

In related news, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party Jiří Čunek said before meeting with President Klaus on Friday that the ousted government should be allowed to stay in power until the end of the Czech EU presidency. The country is to hand over the role to Sweden at the end of June. Mr Čunek cited the need for the government to deal with the continuing economic crisis as a primary reason. But the Czech president made clear earlier he was not in favour of such a solution. Instead, he is pushing for the formation of a new cabinet as soon as possible.

Author: Jan Velinger