Czech and British PMs meet ahead of EU summit

Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas met with his British counterpart on Thursday in London to discuss a joint stance ahead of the EU summit that started in Brussels on Thursday evening. The two prime ministers travelled to Brussels together by train. Both countries will be pushing for an effort to further deepen the common market at the summit, where 25 out of 27 EU countries will sign a new fiscal compact on Friday. The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic are the only two member states to not sign the compact, which is designed to stabilize the euro and bind governments towards fiscal responsibility. However, Mr. Nečas noted that the door remained open for future Czech agreement and has denied that not signing the compact at this point would isolate his country.

Author: Sarah Borufka