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-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message -----From: veraSent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:14 PMSubject: [A_Political_Debate_] Why has the Czech Prime Minister resigned?!Czech Prime Minister resigns
The question is has the Czech Prime Minister (Vladimir Spidla) really changed his mind on the Iraq issue in the meantime?!
Spidla supports NATO mission to Iraq
Spidla: Czech Republic will not support NATO engagement in Iraq
If so, it means that the US summoned him to resign, as NATO summit knocks at the door and Hoop Scheffer cannot afford a failure.
I’m not sure at all of what I’m saying here. I cannot find any articles to enlighten me on HOW and WHEN Spidla has changed his mind on NATO troops issue. If anyone has any clue on why this man resigned, pls give me a sign.
Thank you!
~Vera
25.05.2004 17:46 UTC Dita Asiedu
Spidla: Czech Republic will not support NATO engagement in Iraq
The Czech National Security Council met on Tuesday to prepare for the upcoming NATO summit in Istanbul, Turkey. Following the meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla said the Czech Republic would not support any proposals for NATO's engagement in Iraq. This country is, however, willing to participate in peace-keeping missions in the Middle East. In February, Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda offered to act as a mediator to solve conflict on the borders between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. According to Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who will be leading the Czech delegation to Istanbul, the fact that the next summit will be held in Turkey shows that NATO hopes to have a more clearly defined role in the Middle East. The Security Council on Tuesday also approved the country's military strategy but was not able to agree on a common Czech standpoint on European security and de! fence policy.
http://www.radio.cz/en/news/54279#1
15.02.2004 19:18 UTC Vladimir Tax
Spidla supports NATO mission to Iraq
The Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla has spoken in favour of sending NATO troops to Iraq. In an interview with the DPA press agency before his visit to Germany on Tuesday, Mr. Spidla said a quick deployment of a large NATO contingent was desirable in order to stabilise Iraq, which is vital for Europe and the whole region. In his opinion, building a secure Iraq will take several years. Mr. Spidla is to visit Berlin this week to discuss mainly financial perspectives of enlarged EU. He stressed that Prague was willing to compromise regarding the EU constitution provided balance ! is maintained between small and large nations.
http://www.radio.cz/en/news/50629
Bush has been hoping that the change of sovereignty in Iraq on Wednesday - just two days after the start of the summit - and a UN resolution authorising a multinational force in Iraq will be the carrots to tempt Nato into that country.
That position has been quietly supported by the alliance's new secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, who in Istanbul will take part in his first top-level meeting.
"It makes sense for Nato to discuss whether the allies could play a further role," de Hoop Scheffer ventured cautiously. "It is clear to me that the entire international community has a profound interest in ensuring that the new Iraq finds its feet. The price of failure is simply too high."
Desperate to maintain its force of 138,000 men and women in Iraq, the US has been extending their deployment there and is eyeing troops that it believes could be safely transferred there from other overseas garrisons, such as South Korea. It hopes the allies could play a direct or supporting role.
But the loss of support for Bush, which in many cases was never big, has been palpable in many Nato countries.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3574886&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
A creaking partnership
Jun 7th 2004
Michel Barnier, France's foreign minister, has said that France will not send troops to Iraq now or in the future. Indeed, America is struggling to persuade those Europeans that already have troops on the ground—such as Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Romania—to stay the course, rather than follow the Spanish example and pull out. The Czech defence minister said last week that Czech military policemen are likely to be withdrawn at the beginning of next year.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2730306
Spidla was a 100 % pro-American in the past:
Now WHY would we need the French? Or the Germans? Or the Belgian wafflers?
"The Transatlantic alliance is an axis of civilization, and if we do not maintain that axis and keep it in good repair, Europe will quickly be marginalized," Spidla went on. "But once Europe is marginalized in that way, the U.S. would be isolated and then increasingly marginalized in its turn. We have to start from the principle that Europe and the U.S. need one another."
"This is literally a matter of life and death," the prime minister concluded.
But for Spidla, who hopes that Europe, NATO and the United Nations will all see the need to help the Americans stabilize the situation in Iraq.
http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org/archives/000308.html
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