The Czech Prime Minister was given a mandate to the adjustment part of the punishment EU

Alexander Kuranov. The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka has received from his colleagues in the government the mandate to make objections in preparing a draft of the new penal EU towards Russia. About This said on Wednesday the Internet edition Novinky the Prime Minister after the Cabinet meeting.

" Czech negotiators will make our adjustments in the process of debate in the EU About the case of new sanctions on Thursday and Friday, " said Sobotka. About what exactly relate to these adjustments, the Prime Minister is.

As the magazine stresses Novinky, from voting On the mandate of the Prime Minister refrained two messengers part of the ruling coalition of the Christian democratic Union, which already had opposed the entry of the Czech Republic any changes in the list of punishments EU, and also insisted that the decision of the Cabinet were made of words about the condemnation of Russian aggression against Ukraine ".

before the Czech Prime Minister said that " not satisfied with How the dialogue between the European Union and Russia. I think we got into a nasty spiral of escalating punishments and escalation of violence, and that now we must find a way to get out of this situation."

in their own representation at the EU summit on the last working day of the week Sobotka said that can not a priori to agree to fresh penalties the EU on Russia, and Together with other members of the Cabinet must carefully consider their potential impact on the economy of the Republic and at the same time to assess the impact of first imposed sanctions.

This statement Sobotka led to harsh criticism from right-wing opposition, which demanded the convocation of an extraordinary session of Parliament to discuss " anti-European " conduct of members of the centre-left government. This meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 September.


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