The Czech Press Agency reports that Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel wants the Temelin issue to be addressed at the EU level; he wants common EU safety standards to be set and applied to the Temelin nuclear power plant in southern Bohemia. Apart from that, he indicated that Austria could link the Temelin issue to the Czech Republic’s accession to the EU. Although such comments are not good for the stock, their significance is eroding as the market becomes less and less sensitive to them.
(Jiri Soustruznik)