Paroubek said the Chamber of Deputies might meet on Wednesday, June 24. The opposition has been complaining for some time that the right-wing coalition government does not release sufficient information on the Czech-U.S.
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Pentagon to support Czech science in exchange for U.S. base-press ... the fact that not only the CSSD and the Communists (KSCM), but also some junior ruling Greens MPs are against the U.S. base. The government coalition, including also the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), does not seem to have enough support to push the project through the Chamber. Moreover, the project is opposed by a majority of Czech citizens. "The attitude of the Czech government is scandalous," Paroubek said. Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (for the Greens) recently said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is to sign the Czech-U.S. treaty on the base in Prague in early July. The United States wants to build the radar base on the Brdy military grounds, 90 km southwest of Prague, and a base with ten interceptor missiles in Poland within its missile shield. However, a Polish negotiator said this week that the USA was negotiating with Lithuania about installing part of the shield in case the talks with Poland failed. To initiate an extraordinary lower house session, the signatures of 40 MPs are needed. The CSSD MP group has 71 members in the 200-seat Chamber. But the government coalition may try to block the vote on the session's agenda, and the session would not be held then. The coalition has succeeded in doing so several times in the past.
(Ceske Noviny)
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