Powerless EU helmsman

The left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung writes on the collapse of the government in Prague: "What people considered the worst possible scenario has now become reality. In the middle of the Czech EU presidency the government has been toppled. And in the midst of the global economic crisis a helmsman is steering the EU whose arms are bound and who is powerless to lead the community to the best of his ability. ... This all goes to show how political egoism prevents political development in Central and Eastern Europe and is now harming the entire continent. Certainly, there are annoying conflicts in Berlin, and Italy has long suffered from party feuding. But in the post-communist cosmos the lack of a statesmanlike sense of responsibility and the hostility to democratic compromise is now wreaking an inordinate amount of havoc."

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