Czech
President Milos Zeman has called for a referendum on exiting the
European Union and NATO - just a week after the Brexit vote.
Nearly
50 per cent of Czechs support staying in the EU, while 34 per cent are
in favour of leaving, according to a June poll by the Median agency.
Zeman
insisted he himself would vote against leaving when he spoke with
voters in a small Czech town on Thursday June 30,2016, Czech Radio said on its
website.
'I disagree with those who are in favour of leaving the EU,' the 71-year-old outspoken leftist said.
'But I'll do my best to have a referendum so they can express themselves. The same goes for a NATO exit.'
The Czech Republic, which joined the NATO Western defence alliance in 1999 and the EU in 2004, does not have a referendum law.
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