Final Word from Thursday, May 15, 2025
The Fiala government has completely flubbed the tender for new reactors at the Dukovany nuclear plant and is looking for scapegoats. EU Affairs Min. Martin Dvořák of STAN told Czech TV on Tues. that he has no proof but suspects that someone involved in the Dukovany negotiations gave confidential contract information to EDF's lawyers. It might have been someone with designs on this government, he said. This is a serious accusation, given that Europe's energy security is at stake, as stated in a letter from EU Commission VP Stéphane Séjourné. Spying for France could therefore be considered a punishable crime under §318a of the penal code, which bans unauthorized activity for a foreign power. That paragraph was pushed through by Interior Min. Vít Rakušan of STAN and BIS Dir. Michal Koudelka as a tool against people who work for Russia, China or Iran. It would be a quite a turn of events if the first §318a indictment came for unauthorized activity for Emmanuel Macron. [ Czech Republic French president Pres. Petr botched bungled messed up Television insider ]
Glossary of difficult words
to flub - to botch, bungle or make a mess of something;
scapegoat - a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes or faults of others, esp. for reasons of expediency;
to have designs on - to aim to obtain (something), typically in an underhand way.