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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9844

20 February 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/czech presidency
Vaclav Klaus criticises “Brussels” for meddling in everything - appeal for subsidiarity

Brussels, 19/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - In his speech to the European Parliament on Thursday, the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, reiterated his conviction that the project of European integration, which he affirms that in principle he supports, is going in the wrong direction by increasingly reducing the role of member states and distancing itself from citizens. He said that it was “false” to assert that there is only one possible way forward, that of closer political union between its...

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