Czech Republic: Both Presidential Candidates Want to Join Eurozone

Politics ♦ Published: January 19, 2013; 19:10 ♦ (Vindobona)

Unlike the outgoing President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus, Milos Zeman and Karel Schwarzenberg are in favor of the euro.

Czech Republic: Both Presidential Candidates Want to Join Eurozone / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In a TV debate, the presidential candidates said that they would support the euro introduction in the Czech Republic. However, the country should not join the Eurozone before 2017. According to the candidates, the Czech Republic would not fulfill the Maastricht Criteria before that date.

Two weeks ago, the Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas explained that the Czech Republic does not…