PM refuses “blackmail” demands of the opposition

PM Mirek Topolánek refuses “blackmail” demands of the opposition Social Democrats on a non-aggression pact with the government during the country’s EU presidency. He made the statement after the meeting of his party’s board on Saturday. Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek on Friday said his conditions for a non-aggression pact with the government are early elections and the ratification of the Lisbon treaty with no strings attached. The Social Democrat leader was referring to the fact that some Civic Democrat deputies had attempted to link the ratification of the Lisbon treaty to the fate of the US radar on Czech soil.