Slovak Prime Minister in Prague discusses EU budgetary regulations...

The Slovak Prime Minister, Iveta Radičová, is in Prague for talks with Czech officials. Speaking to reporters after meeting with her Czech counterpart Petr Nečas Monday morning, Ms. Radičová said that both countries were in favour of initiating penalties against EU countries that violate the union’s budgetary regulations, and they agreed that the EU should make its criteria for reviewing budget deficits more objective. The European Commission proposed harsher penalties for violations of budget regulations at the end of September, however member states have not been unified in their support. The two prime ministers did say that their stances towards the EU’s new budgetary regulations differed slightly as Slovakia, unlike the Czech Republic, is part of the eurozone.