Blank Czech: The Next EU Presidency
Vladimír Dlouhý, Financial Times | November 7, 2008
The Czech government is ready for the EU presidency.++ "In the past two decades, the central and east European (CEE) economies have done their homework, introducing reforms, with bank bail-outs and privatizations." ++ The Czech presidency must address three problems: eurozone recapitalization, central European members vulnerable to a euro-wide recession, and new members needing financial support. ++ UK, French and German support of the Czech presidency is crucial as well as cooperation with non-EU CEE countries and Russia.
