The Czech Republic will seek to improve the EU budget for 2014-20. However, Czech Prime Minister Petr NeÄas said that unlike other member countries, Prague wonāt be looking to get its way by threatening to veto anything it doesnāt like.
“We do not like the draft, we will take a very sharp stand on it. On the other hand, we are not interested in the financial framework for several years not to be approved,” NeÄas said. Czech Republic wants to be net recipient of European money and disagrees with spending cuts on a cohesion policy that enables the less-developed EU regions to tap into the European funds. NeÄas says it is possible to have an austere and rational budget while maintaining the means for cohesion that has a pro-growth character.
