Czech EU job challenge

Jan Fischer has got to work picking up the leftovers. The new prime minister of the Czech Republic has been meeting senior officials in Brussels. He needs to allay EU states' fears about the last six weeks of his country's shaky run at the rotating EU presidency. The obstacle of the Lisbon Treaty's ratification has been somewhat removed by its tardy approval by the Prague senate. But that still leaves eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus to be convinced. Guarantees also need negotiating for the ...

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YouTube | May 12, 2009

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