26 Mar 2021, 19:43

"I agree with my colleague councillor Benfield that these are serious matters. We have a Premier Commissioner that presents a motion before us, which goes against the European Commission (Sanctioning Powers) Act 2021, as was pointed out by my colleague Trympov and others after him, which the Premier Commissioner has himself written. That is certainly very serious and nobody that respects this Union can laugh at that.

But precisely for that reason I must disagree with councillor Benfield's conclusion and say that councillor's Mauer amendments are very fitting for this situation. They are just as absurd as this motion."

Václav Kohout
Councillor for Czech Slavia