...the shortfall below the bloc's ceiling beyond 2008.
"The council (EU ministers) adopted the recommendation on the Czech budget deficit," an EU diplomat said.
After it joined the EU in 2004, the Czech Republic agreed to reduce its deficit to beneath the bloc's cap of 3 percent of gross domestic product in 2008.
But Prague said early this year may miss the target.
Keywords: EU CZECH/BUDGET
[BRUSSELS/Reuters/Finance.cz]