Czech FinMin says may give up on setting euro date

...country's official target date for euro adoption.

"I seem to be in a minority," he told Reuters after parliament approved a package of fiscal reforms aiming to trim the deficit toward the EU's ceiling of 3 percent of GDP and get the country's euro adoption efforts back on track.

The central bank (CNB) has advised the government against announcing any target date after abandoning a previous 2010 goal, clashing with Kalousek [ID:nL20101551]. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek also spoke against setting any date on Tuesday.

[PRAGUE/Reuters/Finance.cz]