Czech Green party opposes US anti-missile radar
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008The Czech government’s Green Party leaders have urged its lawmakers to oppose the installation of a US anti-missile radar in the country.
Washington wants to install a missile shield consisting of 10 silos on Polish soil and a high-power tracking radar in the neighboring Czech Republic by 2012, insisting the project is designed only to ward off attacks by so-called “rogue” states.
The call for the junior party’s lawmakers to firmly oppose the radar only emphasizes just how hard it will be for Prime Minster Mirek Topolanek to win enough support in parliament to approve the radar deal within days of the main agreement with the US being concluded at the NATO summit in Bucharest.
The Green Party’s standpoint could prove crucial in a future vote on the radar with the left-wing opposition parties, the Social Democrats and Communists already protesting the deal to site a US base in the country.
