Sarkozy will meet the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in the Czech Senate-seat in Wallenstein Palace in Prague.
After a joint lunch, he will talk to Topolanek tete-a-tete in Kramar villa. According to the preliminary programme, Topolanek, Slovak PM Robert Fico, Polish PM Donald Tusk Czech cabinet to draw study on Lisbon treaty for court in a week ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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