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The heretical Czechs

Economist - The Czechs have a taste for something more subversive: the questioning of big planks of EU conventional wisdom. This matters a lot right now. On January 1st the Czechs will take over the rotating presidency of the EU, chairing all meetings and setting the agenda for the following six months.

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