Jiri Paroubek, chairman of the Czech senior opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) and Grzegorz Napieralski, chairman of the Polish Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), also signed a memorandum on cooperation between the two parties.The Czech government and the U.S.
authorities signed the main treaty on the stationing of a U.S. missile defence radar base on Czech soil as part of the U.S. missile defence system in Central Europe in July.The treaty on the construction of a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland was signed by the Polish government in August."The CSSD and SLD are afraid Russia says Europe in new arms race ...
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Czech CSSD head lodges criminal complaint against MP Wolf ... that the elements of the U.S. missile defence system on Czech and Polish soil would contribute to the undesirable return of a bi-polar division of the world and the cold war," Paroubek and Napieralski said in the statement.The two Social Democrat parties' chairmen called on their governments to adopt a responsible approach and launch a national debate on the treaties."Our position is long-term and is based on the statement of the central European Social Democratic parties that was signed by our parties but also our partners from the entire central Europe a year ago," Paroubek said.The two parties pledged in the memorandum to deepen their cooperation and exchange views and experience in the areas of domestic and foreign policy.
(Ceske Noviny)
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