Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka of the Czech Republic talks during news conference in Budapest, January 29, 2014. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's new centre-left government signalled a turn away from the euro-scepticism of the previous government on Wednesday, when it opened debate on joining the EU's fiscal compact and said it would give up an opt-out from a pact on human rights.
The three-party cabinet, led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, won its inaugural vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday and declared its readiness to take a more pro-integration approach on European matters than its predecessors.
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