Government’s policy statement ready

Work on the government’s policy statement has been concluded and it will be submitted to the cabinet for a vote on Wednesday, the news site Lidovky.cz reported on Tuesday. The statement, which will be put to the vote before being submitted to Parliament, outlines a number of priorities; primarily curbing the state budget deficit, reforming the health and pension systems and curbing corruption in the public sector. On the basis of this policy statement Prime Minister Necas’ centre-right government will ask Parliament for a vote of confidence on August 10th.