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Tue 02 Feb 2009Crisis EU economic summit to be held
THE CZECH Republic has called an emergency summit of EU leaders to co-ordinate efforts to deal with the economic crisis and prevent protectionism.
Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek announced the Brussels summit yesterday in response to French and German pressure for the EU to show more leadership in the face of the crisis. He also strongly criticised French president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose protectionist policies he said risked pushing the entire EU in a “beggar-thy-neighbour” direction.
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