Green Party has not rejected US radar base outright

The Green Party's national council which met to take an official stand to the US radar base on Sunday did not reject it outright but recommended that the Czech Republic's final decision on the base be closely consulted with the EU and NATO. The Green Party is divided on the issue, and some of its members insist that the matter should be decided in a national referendum. The Green Party's regional organization in Pilsen is pushing for an extraordinary national party conference which they hope would change the party's official stand. The Greens are the only coalition party with strong reservations to the US radar base.