Opt-out evokes mixed reactions

The Social Democrats say that an opt-out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights will weaken the position of Czech citizens and argue that the government should have asked for legal guarantees pertaining to the Beneš decrees alone. The Green Party has expressed the view that the concession won by the government could back-fire. Meanwhile, the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions is so concerned by the possible implications of the exemption it is considering strike action to try and prevent the opt-out from coming into force.