On Friday morning, the emerging coalition of the ANO, SPD and Motoristi parties sent a draft government program statement (PVV) to Czech President Petr Pavlov. According to the server iDNES.cz, which obtained the document, in it the probable future coalition partners state that the Czech Republic is a sovereign member state of the EU and a staunch NATO ally, that their government will not accept the euro, abolish concession fees or ensure acceptable energy prices, writes a TASR correspondent in Prague.
The parties in the document state that their government will not only not accept the common European currency, but will not take any steps towards its introduction and, on the contrary, will propose to the parliament to anchor the Czech crown in the constitution. The future cabinet plans to re-introduce the electronic record of sales (EET), which was introduced by the previous government of Andrej Babiš, but the cabinet of Petr Fiala canceled it. Motorists were originally against its re-introduction. According to the draft PVV, it should not apply to small entrepreneurs.
They will focus on housing
The parties also pledge not to raise any taxes during the next election period. They also promise to cap the retirement age at 65, return discounts on travel for students and seniors to 75 percent, as it was during the previous Babiš government, or introduce zero VAT on prescription drugs. According to the server, the document further states that the starting salary of police officers, firefighters, customs officers, teachers and soldiers after completing basic training will be 50,000 crowns (more than 2,000 euros).
Among other things, the likely future Czech government also promises to ensure affordable energy prices for households and businesses and has identified affordable housing as one of its priorities. In the proposal of the PVV, the emerging cabinet promises to cancel the fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio, but adds that it wants to preserve their independence.
It also commits to zero tolerance for illegal migration and promises to create a crime prevention system. In the field of inclusion in education, which was a point of contention for the different opinions of the Motorists and the ANO movement, the parties finally agreed to make a “fundamental revision” of it and abolish the ineffective elements of the current inclusive education.
