Czech exits EU post with shot at Sarkozy

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Series Details 8.5.09
Publication Date 08/05/2009
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Report of a FT interview with Mirek Topolanek, outgoing Czech Prime Minister, May 2009. His government fell in March 2009 during the Czech Republic's Presidency of the European Union.

A temporary Czech cabinet was sworn in under Jan Fischer on the 8 May 2009 that will lead the country through the end of its European Union Presidency on the 30 June 2009 and to early elections in October 2009.

Related Links
BBC News, 8.5.09: Interim Czech government sworn in http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8040955.stm
France24, 8.5.09: Temporary cabinet sworn in under Fischer http://www.france24.com/en/20090508-czech-republic-eu-fischer-temporary-cabinet-sworn-takes-office-topolanek

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