""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 Babis government commands 108 seats in the lower house. But changing the constitution requires a three-fifths majority which is a minimum of 120 of the 200 lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies. Even if that hurdle was passed, there's the Senate to consider, and there the bar is even higher: A three-fifths majority of all senators present in the 81-seat upper house would need to support the law. But for now, only 15 are aligned with the government.""
A new coalition led by Andrej Babis pledged to prevent Czechia from adopting the euro and to enshrine the Czech crown and the right to use cash as legal tender. The coalition comprises ANO, the euroskeptic Motorists for Themselves and the far-right SPD and approved the policy program at its inaugural cabinet meeting. Constitutional change requires a three-fifths majority in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies and a three-fifths majority of senators present in the 81-seat Senate. The government holds 108 deputies and only 15 aligned senators, making the pledge legally unattainable for now. Observers describe the move as a political gesture.
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