MPs to take foreign trips as lower house strives to save money

The Chamber of Deputies aims to make savings this year by cutting the number of foreign trips taken by MPs, the chairwoman of the lower house, Miroslava Němcová, said on Friday. She said the number of domestic flights taken by deputies would also be reduced in future. One cost-cutting measure already introduced was reducing the number of lower house deputy chairs from five to three. Next week the Chamber of Deputies budget committee will vote on whether to freeze the institution’s own expenses, along with those of five other bodies, including the Senate and the Constitutional Court.

Author: Ian Willoughby