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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9901

14 May 2009
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Czech Presidency of Council: a highly problematic month and a half

Doing its best. Will the Council of the European Union have a real presidency for the few weeks separating us from the Swedish Presidency? Is the transitional Czech government, whose prime minister is a senior official in the National Statistics Office, capable of preparing and carrying through events such as the June European Council and the preceding summits with Russia, Japan and South Korea, in addition to the Council sessions on the calendar? Prague's response is “yes we can” (see...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS