President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker visited Prague. In the Senate, he had meetings with the Chairmen of both Chambers of Parliament – Milan Štěch and Jan Hamáček – as well as other MPs and Senators. The topics discussed were the future of the EU, coordination of common defence, or migrants’ redistribution quotas. President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said he was not pleased by the decision of the Czech government not to accept more migrants based on common European quotas. Mr Štěch and Mr Hamáček declared support to the Czech government steps and drew attention to legitimate caution of the Czech Republic towards economic migrants. However, at the meeting, Mr Juncker assured Czech MPs and Senators that he disapproves of the idea that accepting migrants became a condition for drawing funds from the EU structural funds.
