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Czech press survey ... in advance on whether to cooperate with the government, Paroubek said. Paroubek explained the Social Democrats' position on the planned U.S. radar base in the Czech Republic to de Hoop Scheffer. Social Democrats insist on their position that none of their conditions have been fulfilled, such as the integration of the U.S. anti-missile system in the NATO defence or the referendum on its installation in the Czech Republic, demanded by 76 percent of Czechs, Paroubek said. It is ruled out that the Social Democrats would change their mind after the government submits the treaties with the USA to the parliament, Paroubek said. Some 98 percent of the party's rank-and file want their lawmakers to vote unanimously on the issue, Paroubek said. Roughly the same slice of the rank-and file rejects the base, he added. The Czech-U.S. treaty on a missile defence radar will open a new chapter in NATO's efforts to face the threats in the 21st century, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in Prague today. Scheffer said the Alliance was now examining the interconnecting of the U.S. system with NATO's and national systems. NATO wants to assess the study at its next summit in 2009.
(Ceske Noviny)
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