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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9724

23 August 2008
(eu) eu/georgia
Czech MEP Jana Hybášková fears parallel between Georgian crisis and Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia 40 years ago

Brussels, 22/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - As Russia delays massive withdrawal from Georgia, Jana Hybášková, Czech MEP of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament, believes the “invasion” as she puts it is a sad repetition of what her country went through 40 years ago during the Prague Spring. She therefore calls on the EU to deploy an ESDP mission in the region, to take part in reconstruction efforts and to freeze all negotiations underway with Russia - including that of a new...