French President Sarkozy critical of Czech Republic

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday criticized the Czech Republic in the European Parliament for the fact that EU flags had not yet been hoisted on all public buildings in the country. He also lashed out at President Vaclav Klaus saying that his treatment of a visiting delegation of the European Parliament had been unacceptable. Several MEPs on Tuesday also criticized the fact that Prague Castle had seen fit to publish a transcript of the talks between the Czech president and the visiting EP delegation. President Klaus asked for the transcript of the talks to be made public, saying that he had been treated in an aggressive and disrespectful manner in particular by the head of the Greens group Daniel Kohn-Bendit.