Czech No needs better arguments

In addition to the UK the Czech Republic has also said no to the EU's fiscal compact. Prime Minister Petr Nečas showed courage by stepping out of line, writes the conservative daily Lidové noviny, but he hid behind false arguments: "Nečas based his stance on the argument that the countries that signed the pact and that still don't have the euro can't be sure they will also be invited to all the euro summits. But that missed the point of the meeting in Brussels. It was about introducing central supervision of national budgets, and was only the first in a series of summits leading to a political union, as Merkel explained. ... Nečas has been gathering arguments against the fiscal pact for months. If he had supported the plan it would have been tantamount to a capitulation. ... Now he must have the courage to stick to his stance without hiding behind lame excuses."

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