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A European Commission delegation led by its President Jose Manuel Barroso
is currently touring EU member states with an initiative aimed at bringing
the European Union closer to its citizens and overcoming the crisis brought
on by the rejection of the EU constitution by the French and Dutch. Mr.
Barroso's first stop was in Prague, where he unveiled a so called Plan-D,
which, he said, should show the way forward.
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Current AffairsPM Jiri Paroubek: Communists no threat to democracy
Views expressed by politicians and participants of the gatherings in the
streets of Prague on Thursday do not necessarily reflect the overall mood
in Czech society. The Communist Party is the third strongest party in the
Czech Republic, a cause for alarm for some. For his part, the Czech Prime
Minister, Jiri Paroubek, has said the Communists are not a threat at all.
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Current AffairsCzech politicians say restrictions on free movement of workers within EU should be removed
When Czech politicians were convincing Czech voters to say "yes"
in the referendum two years ago on joining the EU, one of the things they
promised was that Czech workers would be able to find a job anywhere in
the European Union. But with the exception of the United Kingdom, Ireland
and Sweden, all "old" EU members introduced temporary legal
barriers against a feared influx of workers from the east. No such thing
has materialised in the three countries that allowed free movement of
labour and that's one of the reasons why Czech politicians are now calling
for the removal of those restrictions in the rest of the old EU 15.
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