President Klaus to lead EU delegation at summit with Japan

The Czech president, Václav Klaus, will lead the European Union delegation at an EU-Japan summit in Prague on May 4 as part of the Czech presidency of the 27-member bloc. Jan Fischer, who is to be appointed head of a caretaker Czech cabinet on May 8, will attend a working lunch with the Japanese delegation. The announcement was made on the website of Mr Klaus, who is a Eurosceptic and also says mankind is not to blame for climate change. Japan is to buy Czech carbon credits under a deal signed last month.

Author: Ian Willoughby