PM to invite president and party leaders to discuss presidency

Prime Minister Topolánek has said he will invite the president and representatives of the parties in Parliament to discuss the country’s first EU presidency. A spokesperson said Mr Topolánek was not worried about the presidency being cancelled. The leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Jiří Paroubek, said he would attend but was skeptical about the value of such a meeting, as he did not know who would be leading Civic Democrats after their December congress.