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So what are your expectations for upcoming Czech EU presidency?
You can find more information in English for example here:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/czech-eu-presidency/article-177910?Ref=RSS
or here:
http://www.eu2009.cz/en/index.html (it is an official web page - but only a limited amount of information is available until 1st of January)
(and Americans could be interested for example in that we plan to invite U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to a summit meeting with the 27 EU states in Prague)
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=342613&id_seznam=2015
Also the 60th NATO summit will be held during our presidency.
Our EU presidency begins on the 1st of January and I must say my feelings are not far from the pride
I hope we will handle it well because at least all European eyes will be on us.
And yes, as the presiding country we will have to support Lisabon Treaty so I expect our ratification of this treaty during our presidency but it is not certain. It will depend a lot on developments in the situation, on Ireland and potential addendums to this threaty (personally I support Lisabon Treaty as a necessary thing though one can have legitimate reservations to its current content, that's for sure).
Finally, some final words regarding foreign policy by our deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Alexander Vondra, former ambassador in Washington. The words I have yet to read. .
http://www.alexandrvondra.cz/?item=eu-foreign-policy-and-the-quest-for-leadership&category=projevy
But I like him and his views, which usually correspond to my views. Him, Karel Schwarzenberg (a minister for foreign affairs) and the Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek are "The best three" we can now probably offer. And Euro-skeptical Václav Klaus whom I liked once very much? Well, he is a sui generis case
You can find more information in English for example here:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/czech-eu-presidency/article-177910?Ref=RSS
or here:
http://www.eu2009.cz/en/index.html (it is an official web page - but only a limited amount of information is available until 1st of January)
(and Americans could be interested for example in that we plan to invite U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to a summit meeting with the 27 EU states in Prague)
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/tema/index_view.php?id=342613&id_seznam=2015
Also the 60th NATO summit will be held during our presidency.
Our EU presidency begins on the 1st of January and I must say my feelings are not far from the pride
I hope we will handle it well because at least all European eyes will be on us.
And yes, as the presiding country we will have to support Lisabon Treaty so I expect our ratification of this treaty during our presidency but it is not certain. It will depend a lot on developments in the situation, on Ireland and potential addendums to this threaty (personally I support Lisabon Treaty as a necessary thing though one can have legitimate reservations to its current content, that's for sure).
Finally, some final words regarding foreign policy by our deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Alexander Vondra, former ambassador in Washington. The words I have yet to read. .
http://www.alexandrvondra.cz/?item=eu-foreign-policy-and-the-quest-for-leadership&category=projevy
But I like him and his views, which usually correspond to my views. Him, Karel Schwarzenberg (a minister for foreign affairs) and the Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek are "The best three" we can now probably offer. And Euro-skeptical Václav Klaus whom I liked once very much? Well, he is a sui generis case