Topolanek today submitted to People supply food to radar critics, MPs might visit protest site ...
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memorandum complicates EU position - Slovenian IntMin ... the Chamber of Deputies a long postponed report on the state of negotiations with the United States on the radar base at the Brdy military district, some 90km southwest of Prague. Topolanek said the number of protesters is lower now than a few months ago and that the number of those who approve of the radar base as a security guarantee is growing. According to the latest poll SC&C carried out for the ODS, 57 percent of Czechs are against the radar base. Slightly over 50 percent of the polled believe the stationing of the base in Europe will boost the protection of the NATO member countries against long-range missiles. According to previous polls, a majority of Czechs were opposed to the U.S. radar base on Czech soil. In a CVVM poll in March, for instance, two thirds of Czech citizens said they are opposed to the radar base. The government information campaign was headed by Tomas Klvana from May 2007 till last March. The campaign included the launch of an information server, a brochures and DVDs on the radar base. The respective treaties on the radar base are to be signed with the USA in July at the latest. The radar base together with a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland are to protect the Untied States and a large part of Europe against missiles that countries like Iran might launch.
(Ceske Noviny)
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