Prague - Stefan Fuele, the Czech minister for European affairs, is the Czech Republic's candidate for a post at the European Commission, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said Tuesday.

A seasoned diplomat, Fuele, 47, was the Czech Republic's ambassador before he assumed his post in Fischer's caretaker cabinet.

His nomination is a result of a last-minute agreement between the two major Czech political parties, Mirek Topolanek's centre-right Civic Democrats and Jiri Paroubek's rival Social Democrats.

The two largest parties favoured Fuele over Vladimir Spidla, the Czech Republic's outgoing representative at the Commission. (dpa)