(E15) Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are coming up in the autumn, and according to current polls the ANO movement would win the elections in a landslide. The government is unpopular with the people, and neither is Prime Minister Petr Fiala himself. What is he doing to convince voters of his actions? In an interview on the FLOW programme, the prime minister said that he does not follow polls and that politics, in his words, is not a popularity contest.
You can watch the full episode of FLOW with Prime Minister Petr Fiala on E15.
"I don't underestimate it and I know that some people are not happy. But we are trying to convince voters that the changes we have made are good for the Czech Republic," the Prime Minister said in an interview Petr Fiala.
It is difficult to reach an agreement with Fico, intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia are not necessary
In the interview we also discussed relations with Slovakia. Earlier, Fiala said in an interview with Czech Television that he did not want to renew the intergovernmental consultations between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
"Intergovernmental consultations are an extraordinary tool. And now the conditions are not right for us to use this extraordinary instrument of bilateral relations. They are not necessary for standard relations," said the Prime Minister Petr Fiala in FLOW, where he also confirmed that it is difficult to reach an agreement with Robert Fico.
"He has a completely different view of international political issues. Our views on the Russian aggression in Ukraine are completely different," Added by Petr Fiala adding that "if someone is more likely to criticize Brussels than Moscow, that is strange to say the least."
"If someone goes to negotiate with Putin at a time when his regime is killing innocent people every day on the territory of another country, it is wrong," said the Prime Minister Petr Fiala. Among other things, he personally told Robert Fico not to attack Czech politicians or the media.
"It's not good. Robert Fico reacted to it, but I will keep his reaction to myself," added the Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
In four years, salaries like in Germany? I won't call that off.
We also discussed the current economic situation, cooperation within the SPOLU coalition, and his promise that we would have German-like salaries in four years if his government continues.
"I'm not going to call this off, there needs to be some vision. I am happy that this sentence of mine is alive and resonating in society," said, among others, the Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
(Author: Veronika Jonášová)
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