Uncertain season

The fall of the Czech government is coming at a very unfortunate time, not only for us, but this time also for all of Europe and even for the entire world. The government collapsed in the middle of the Czech presidency of the European Union and at a time when it needs to push through anti-crisis measures in the parliament and come up with new ones.

Klaus presidnecy

Let's take a look at the European level first. Europe is getting ready for the key G20 summit, but that of course is not the end. The global economy is falling into the worst crisis since World War II, and the impact on Europe will be worse than elsewhere in the world. Strong social (and subsequently political) impacts of the crisis will come in the summer at the earliest and then in the autumn. Not that Europe necessarily needed to spend more in its fight with the crisis than the allowance payments set by the law, but it has to get ready for the worst and therefore to have a vision, a strategy and a tactic, to coordinate the methods and objectives. An EU presidency that is not backed by its national parliament would be limited to merely mediating talks and hosting indecisively without having one's own opinion.

What is much worse is the idea that someone would take over the presidency on the fly, and the vision that it could be Europhobes like Klaus type is terrifying.

(There is no direct link to the crisis here,…