European Union hopes for a new era in relations with the US were thrown into chaos yesterday when the holder of the EU presidency condemned American remedies for the global recession as “the road to hell”.
Barely a week before Barack Obama is due to arrive in Europe on his first official visit as US president, Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic's prime minister, put the 27-nation EU on a collision course with Washington.
His attack compounded the confusion that has engulfed EU policy after the Czech leader lost a no confidence vote in the country's parliament on Tuesday,forcing him to offer his government's resignation midway through its six-month EU presidency.
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