Zeman criticised over suggestion Nečas government under thumb of US and EU

A number of Czech politicians have criticised President Miloš Zeman for saying the previous government headed by Petr Nečas had succumbed to pressure from the US and the EU, preventing positive relations with China. The country is in the EU and the US is its partner within the framework of NATO, meaning the president’s views are at odds with Czech foreign policy, TOP 09’s Miroslav Kalousek told the Czech News Agency. Mr. Nečas, a former leader of the Civic Democrats, said it was his government that had begun a change towards more positive relations with China, not the current one as Mr. Zeman suggested. Communist leader Vojtěch Filip took a rather different view, asserting that the Nečas government had relied completely on orders from Washington.

Author: Ian Willoughby