Poll: majority of Czech MEPs won’t back new European Commission

A new poll conducted in Brussels by the Czech news agency has suggested that a majority of the 22 Czech members of the European Parliament will not back the new European Commission next week. All nine MEPs for the right-of-centre Civic Democrats, and four Communist MEPs, suggested that the new commission and its policies would not gain their support; the Civic Democrats, Jan Zahradil said, are likely to abstain. Czech Christian and Social Democrats MEPs, meanwhile, have said they will vote in favour. The new commission, headed by Jose Manuel Barroso, is expected to pass easily overall. In the EC, the Czech Republic will be represented by Stefan Fuele in the post of EU Enlargement Commissioner.

Author: Jan Velinger