The team will focus on a possible arrangement of the site of the memorial to make it publicly accessible. The European Parliament called on the Czech Republic to remove the pig farm last week again. Stehlikova (junior ruling Greens) said in reaction that the EP did not see technical problems connected with the removal. The fact that the farm has not been removed was not due to "a lack of political will," Stehlikova said.
She added that the removal was a long-term goal. The EP resolution on Lety "torpedoed" agreement on the issue, South Bohemian regional governor Jan Zahradnik (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) said. Previously, the south Bohemian authorities agreed Czech Nationalists' complaint against PM Topolanek shelved ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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