PM calls meeting over fast-tracking legislation to reduce data prices

Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has called a meeting of representatives of all parliamentary parties on Friday to discuss a bill on electronic communications. Mr. Sobotka is hoping to win support for an accelerated process of debating the legislation, which is aimed at reducing data charges for smartphone users. Inaction over data prices has been cited as a reason for the dismissal of Jan Mládek as minister for industry and trade. Mr. Sobotka has taken over that portfolio until a congress of his Social Democrats next month.

Author: Ian Willoughby