The richest people in the Czech Republic resemble robber barons, says Síkela in a very frank interview
What is the origin of the wealth of the richest Czechs and why are we not proud of them? Jozef Síkela, the current Czech EU Commissioner, recalls the oligarchs, as he calls them, whom he got to know up close when he was a top bank manager. What does it mean when Andrej Babiš gets restless? What promises did Ursula von der Leyen make to the Czech Republic but not keep? Why did he at one point want to give up the post of European Commissioner altogether? And what can Czech companies gain from his position now?