EU Lacks Leadership to Tackle Global Crises, Czech Minister Says

Czech Repubic's Babis: Ready to Negotiate Deal With U.K.

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The European Union is unable to work with global superpowers in addressing conflicts and crises because it lacks leadership, Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis said.

“Europe is very slow, very bureaucratic,” Babis said in an interview on Bloomberg Television from Brussels. “The problem is who will sit together at the table” with leaders of the U.S., U.K., Russia “to solve the problem in the Middle East, North Africa, the migration. Europe is always waiting for elections” in countries including Germany and France, he said.