For Christian Democrats EU campaign is not so sweet

The Christian Democrats have distanced themselves from an official government promotion campaign designed to raise awareness about its impending presidency of the EU. The comments came following a meeting of the party faithful on the subject held on Tuesday. They have now asked their coalition partners to come up with a better idea than the current “We will sweeten Europe” campaign, which features a sugar cube falling into a cup of coffee. The Christian Democrats have also stated that they were not consulted about the campaign. The campaign caused controversy after it was realised that it also had an anti-European connotation because the Czech president Václav Klaus, a prominent Euro-skeptic, had once stated that the country will dissolve like a sugar cube within the EU. The Czech Republic is set to assume the EU presidency in January 2009.