Czech Prime Minister formally resigns
ByThe Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek resigned this week following a vote of no-confidence. His letter of resignation was formally given to the Czech President Vaclav Klaus. The Prime Minister was forced out due to criticism of his handling of the economic crisis, critics saying that he reacted too slowly in implementing a cash bailout.
His resignation is of particular concern as the Czech Republic currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU. This has led to some discussion over whether or not the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have sufficient political and economic stability to be capable of taking the presidency of the EU. What do you think? Should the countries of Central and Eastern Europe who joined the EU in 2004 be allowed to take the presidency of the EU or should this be left to the original 15 member states for the time being?
2 Comments
April 1st, 2009 at 7:56 am
Czech president is not called Santa Claus but Vaclav Klaus!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:09 am
Hello dude, thanks for pointing this out – it was a typo, or was it a Freudian slip? – I think if we had Santa Claus at the helm of world politics we would have more chance of getting what we wished for from our list: economic stability, good government, politicians with integrity….etc.