Social Democrat congress passes resolution to cancel radar treaties with US

In related news, the Social Democrat party congress adopted a resolution on Sunday asking party leadership and Social Democrat lawmakers to press for the cancellation of the treaties with the United States on positioning an American radar base on the Czech territory. The Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek told the convention on Saturday that Parliament would not approve the treaties in the current term.

The Czech government signed two treaties with the US on hosting a radar base as part of the American missile defence shield in Europe. The deal has yet to be ratified by the Czech lower house.