European Union leaders agreed on concrete steps aimed at reinforcing the trust of citizens at a one-day informal summit in Bratislava, the Czech prime minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, said in a tweet on Friday evening. Mr. Sobotka also said that it was in the interests of the Czech Republic that the EU remain united.
Summit in Bratislava, photo: ČTK
The Czech leader said that he and 26 other leaders, who had gathered in the
Slovak capital to discuss the future of the EU in the wake of the United
Kingdom’s vote to leave, now had a “road map” of concrete steps to
boost the trust of citizens in the functioning of the bloc.
Mr. Sobotka also that summit had seen agreement on steps demanded by Prague, including for instance a strengthening of border controls. He said he and the other leaders would discuss in more detail that and other areas in more detail in the coming months.
The prime minister told Czech Television that the summit had given all EU members except the UK the chance to express their views informally regarding a way forward from the “real problems” facing the bloc.
For his part the Czech state secretary for EU affairs, Tomáš Prouza, tweeted from the Slovak capital that while the union was not perfect it was the best instrument for dealing with the issues that the Czech Republic faced.
Friday’s meeting was the first major gathering of 27 EU leaders – minus the UK – since British voters opted for “Brexit” earlier this year.
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