Benes Decrees criticism not to be connected with enlargement

The Czech Republic is maintaining the line that the contested Benes Decrees should not be allowed to influence enlargement. Pavel Telicka, the Czech Republic chief accession negotiator said that should the European parliament's document on the Decrees be critical then "it must be examined, but it is not connected with enlargement."

The most recent legal document on the Benes Decrees is to be examined in the parliament this week. A debate on the document will then take place during the N...