The new government in Prague wants to change the constitution to anchor the Czech crown as the country's legal tender and guarantee the right to use cash, not just cards. Why has it made this pledge, and will it happen?
The new right-wing populist government of Andrej Babis has made a firm pledge to ensure Czechia never adopts the euro.
Instead, the government will seek to enshrine the Czech crown as legal tender and guarantee the right to use cash.
"We commit that our government will not adopt the euro nor take any steps towards its introduction," reads the policy program approved by the new government — a coalition of Babis's ANO party, the euroskeptic Motorists for Themselves and the far-right SPD — at its inaugural cabinet meeting on Monday.
The pledge was first made in the coalition's draft policy program. Pictured here: The leaders of ANO, SPD and Motorists after the signing of the coalition agreement Image: Vit Simanek/CTK Photo/IMAGO
"We will propose to parliament that the Czech crown be anchored in the Constitution of th
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