The new president Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic can already be seen to desire to guide the young democracy in a new direction from his two predecessors. He has already expressed a desire to have a primarily left-wing cabinet. His first meeting with the government over foreign policy objectives was expected to be tense, went rather smoothly; reaching an accord on many unsettled issues. He has in fact already invited the EC president over to Prague, where they will hoist the EU flag proudly over the castle; an act which his predecessor Klaus continually denied to do so. In the castle the president will sign the EU stability mechanisms finally concluding the ratification process. The EU sees this as