Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš suggested scrapping his country’s turn with the EU’s rotating Council presidency because it is a waste of money and nothing more than “blathering with sandwiches,” according to local media. The daily Deník N reported that Babiš told Cabinet ministers in a meeting on Monday that the country’s six months running the presidency of the Council of the EU, in the second half of 2022, would cost a lot of money and bring no benefits, and therefore he suggested they should skip their turn.
