Czech Republic and Slovakia agree on strengthening outer EU borders

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are ready to contribute to better security of outer EU borders and support the establishment of a European border patrol or a joint European intelligence agency, Finance Minister Andrej Babiš said on Thursday after meeting with his Slovak counterpart Peter Kažimír. Mr Babiš said that instead of financing border protection of individual states, the EU should centralize the system. He also repeated that he was against the quota on accepting refugees. Peter Kažimír, who arrived in Prague for a two day official visit, is also set to meet with Czech National Bank Board member Jiří Rusnok and with Czech president Miloš Zeman.

Author: Ruth Fraňková