Europe will survive without euro, says Czech foreign minister

Europe will survive even if the euro collapses, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said in an interview for the German daily Rheinishe Post that came out on Saturday. Mr Schwarzenberg said he agreed with his Polish counterpart, Radek Sikorski, in that Germany should play a leading role in saving the euro. The Czech foreign minister said Europe was a political project; the euro was one of the reasons why the project succeeded economically but was not a fetish. When asked about his chances of becoming the next Czech president, Mr Schwarzenberg said they were smaller every day as the country was shifting to the left and his candidacy was unlikely to draw majority support in two year’s time, when the next Czech head of state will be elected.

Author: Jan Richter