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French-Czech relations have soured since the handover of EU presidency responsibilities (Photo: Council of the EU)

Czechs blast 'protectionist' comments by Sarkozy

Prague has reacted with anger to remarks made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on moving French car companies back from the Czech Republic, saying the comments endanger ratification of the EU treaty in the central European member state.

"If someone wanted to really jeopardise the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, he could not have chosen a better way and a better time," Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek told the Hospodarske Noviny daily, reports AFP.

Calling the remarks "in...

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French-Czech relations have soured since the handover of EU presidency responsibilities (Photo: Council of the EU)

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