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Radicova and Dzurinda Agree on Functioning of Council for EU Affairs
Tuesday 04 January 2011 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) - Prime Minister Iveta Radicova and Foreign Affairs Minister Mikulas Dzurinda (both SDKU-DS) have agreed on a dual-level system of functioning for the Government's ministerial council for European Union affairs, Radicova's spokesman Rado Bato told TASR on Tuesday.
In effect this means that major political decisions will be co-ordinated by the prime minister. Meanwhile, the co-ordination of working issues concerning ministry state secretaries and general directors of state bodies, such as the assimilation of directives and regulations, will come under the remit of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
According to Bato, the body focusing on EU issues needed a revamp, as it was previously run by the deputy prime minister for EU affairs. The current cabinet lacks such a post, however.
Hospodarske Noviny daily claimed in its Tuesday edition that Dzurinda was trying to circumvent Radicova via his initiative to change the status of the council. The daily reported that according to Dzurinda's plans, the council was set to be chaired by the foreign affairs minister, whose powers would also be considerably strengthened. In addition, Dzurinda wanted the body to feature all ministers except the premier.
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