The Czech government on Monday approved the nomination of Věra Jourová to serve a second term as a European Commissioner. Jourová has served as European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality as a part of the Juncker Commission since October 2014. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is hoping that she can secure an ...
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Tuesday that Frans Timmermans was absolutely unacceptable as the new president of the European Commission. “We have said that we do not want Mr Timmermans as European Commission president for various reasons. It is unacceptable for us, it would be total catastrophe,” Babis said as he arrived ...
The Czech prime minister’s possible conflict of interest regarding EU subsidies to the holding Agrofert is an absolute priority for the European Commission in view of EU budget protection, European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said on Wednesday. The European Commission has conducted an extensive audit at Czech ministries regarding the subsidies for Agrofert amounting to ...
The European Council on Tuesday approved a proposal that will allow EU member states that have a problem with carousel tax fraud to apply a generalized reversal of VAT liability. This is something Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has fought for for four and a half years on the argument that use of reverse charge ...
Prague, Aug 31 (CTK) – The European Commission decided that the Czech Republic would not pay any fines because of possible conflict of interest of deputies sitting on supervisory board of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF), the fund’s spokeswoman Vladimira Novakova told CTK today. The MPs in question are Jaroslav Faltynek (ANO) and ...
Prague, June 7 (CTK) – The European Commission criticised the government-sponsored draft amendment to the Czech civil service law and it showed concern about key points in the amendment in a letter sent to the Interior Ministry which proposed the changes, the Czech Radio (CRo) public broadcaster said today. Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) ...
Prague, May 23 (CTK) – The Czech Finance Ministry agrees with the European Commission’s (EC) recommendation regarding public finance sustainability and administrative burden reduction, the ministry said today. In reaction to the EC’s recommendations to the member states, the ministry said it welcomed the fact that the EC had no recommendations for the fiscal ...
Warsaw, May 10 (CTK special correspondent) – Poland has the right to deal with its raw materials, including forests, President Milos Zeman, now on a visit to Poland, told journalists today, speaking about the feud between Poland and the European Commission over the tree cutting in the Bialowieza Forest. Zeman said this after meeting ...
Prague, April 11 (CTK) – The suspension of the Czech Republic’s Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness (OP EIC) by the European Commission (EC) affects some 700 Czech firms, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said at a press conference after today’s government meeting. This is the consequence of failure of the Industry and Trade ...
