EU diplomacy under strain

The situation of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek will also put a strain on the diplomatic relations of the EU, which is currently under the Czech presidency, the daily Romania Libera writes: "We find ourselves in a strange situation in which the EU is to be led for another three months by a team of politicians that can't even rule its own country. (The Czech opposition … has announced that although it has ceased to trust Topolánek's government it is convinced that he can lead the EU until the summer. …) Another option would be for Czech President Václav Klaus, the only winner in this debacle, to appoint a new prime minister who would then form a new government and at the same time lead the EU. Europeans are even less enthusiastic at this prospect. It entails the risk of putting a non-elected politician in charge of the EU who would represent Europe in talks with [US President Barack] Obama, [Russian President Dmitry] Medvedev and others."

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