As butter prices continue to surge across Europe, Czech politicians have decided to tackle the situation in the most effective way — by bickering on social media.Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, ruling out any government intervention, blamed the high prices of butter on the market structure, with small number of firms controlling the prices — including Agrofert, which is linked to the opposition leader Andrej Babiš. “The market should sort it out. Unfortunately, the market is not there. The market is dominated by three powerful players, including Mr. Babiš’s Agrofert and his friends, and they are simply oligopolies,” Fiala said…
Author: Ketrin Jochecová
Romania’s top court stands accused of undemocratic election meddling after it removed an antisemitic, pro-Russia, far-right candidate from the presidential ballot, saying she would threaten the country’s position in the European Union and NATO. Diana Șoșoacă, leader of the ultra-nationalist party S.O.S Romania who was elected to the European Parliament in June, was earlier this month banned from running in the two-round presidential elections on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8. The unprecedented ruling by the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) sparked criticism from Șoșoacă’s rivals across the political spectrum, encompassing socialists, liberals and academics — with one figure even pointing…