As butter prices continue to surge across Europe, Czech politicians have decided to tackle the situation in the most effective way — by bickering on social media. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, ruling out any government intervention, blamed the high prices of butter on the market structure, with small number of firms controlling the prices … Read more
“The suspects are formally accused of submitting false data and concealing substantial information,” the EPPO added in a press release, while not specifying the names of anyone involved. Czech authorities seized real estate of the company to compensate for the damage to the national budget, national anti-corruption police said in a statement. In a striking … Read more
The Pirate Party leadership soon took up the cudgel, however. “We were kicked out of the government by ODS [Fiala’s ruling party] today, and it’s out of the question that we would come back to beg,” said Jakub Michálek, head of party’s parliamentary caucus. The Pirate Party is reportedly now considering leaving the coalition, which … Read more
“We will prefer national sovereignty to federalism, liberty to orders, and peace to war,” Babiš wrote in a social media post. All three parties came first in their respective countries during the European election earlier this month, gaining a significant number of seats in the European Parliament as right-wing support grew across the Continent. The … Read more
ANO is also set to quit the pan-European umbrella family of liberal parties known as ALDE. “Renew and ALDE have different positions to the ANO movement,” Babiš said at the press conference. In a statement, ALDE said: “While regretting that the ANO party has chosen a path taking them further from liberal values, the ALDE … Read more
Lipavský had called Babiš “a security risk” during a March 10 talk show on the ČT public broadcaster. Babiš’ mail also contained mentions of Lipavský’s daughter and a wife. “Does he have kids? Does he speak languages?” the sender asked. Unfortunately for the former PM, there’s another Jan Rovenský in Czech public life — an … Read more
They fumed as to why the EU executive was issuing the target now, of all moments, with anti-green rage simmering, the far right pouncing, the EU election looming, and farmers blockading the front gates of the legislature. “Everyone was shooting at the 2040 target,” said one EPP official who, like others, was granted anonymity to … Read more
