Brussels, 08/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - The fact that ten member states decided not to send top politicians to the summit in Prague on 7 May 2009 to launch the new “Eastern Partnership” does not make the decision by the EU to strengthen ties with its eastern neighbours any less “historic”, and the European Union “fully and unanimously” backs the new policy, explained Mirek Topolánek and José Manuel Barroso at a press conference after the meeting. The most notable absentees were...