Iran Press/Europe: "Europe should forget about the Green Deal now and focus on the coronavirus instead," Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters, without explaining how the two are connected.
"Europe is now the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus in the world," the billionaire populist added.
The EU unveiled a draft of the Green Deal earlier this month, mandating members to achieve net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050.
But ex-communist EU members like the Czech Republic have announced much less ambitious plans as their energy sectors are still largely dependent on coal.
The Czech Republic has registered 344 cases of COVID-19, including three recovered patients. No one has died of the disease in the country of around 11 million people.
The Czech Republic recently closed its borders as well as schools, most shops and cultural facilities and restricted free movement.
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