Czech entrepreneurs will fight law forcing shops to close

The Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Trade and Tourism is preparing to lodge a constitutional complaint against the law banning large stores from selling goods on selected public holidays. The head of the Chamber of Commerce, Vladimír Dlouhý, told the news site novinky.cz the law was discriminatory since it forced outlets over 200 square meters to close while leaving smaller shops open. A constitutional complaint would need to win backing from 16 senators which Dlouhý said would not present a problem since all right-wing senators and a number of others oppose the law.