Overview
- After a Feb. 9 meeting in Munich, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis urged faster action on road and rail connections with Germany.
- Babis asked the German side to finance roughly 20 kilometers of autobahn needed to complete the A93 connection at the border.
- Bavarian premier Markus Söder admitted Germany has lagged for about 30 years, called the situation embarrassing, and said Bavaria will lobby the federal government.
- Czech officials reiterated a target of completing the Prague–Karlovy Vary rail link by 2029, highlighting quicker progress on their side.
- Babis said he will take the funding request to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and there is no confirmed federal commitment from Berlin yet.