Here's an odd-sounding item from Vienna......
Franz, what do you make of it ?
Thanks.
Jaro
Radio Prague (Vysilani do zahranici CRo)
News DECEMBER 11th, 2001
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Green MEP: Austria "could be expelled from EU" over veto
And a member of Austria's opposition Green Party has said his country could be expelled from the European Union if it carries out threats to veto EU enlargement. European Parliament member Johannes Voggenhuber said Austria's position on Temelin, EU enlargement and other issues had "smashed the country's reputation to smithereens," adding the effects would be felt for many
generations. The far-right Freedom Party - a junior partner in Austria's ruling coalition - is claiming the right to veto enlargement over such issues as nuclear safety and transport policy. Mr Voggenhuber
said there was more support inside the EU for expelling Austria than for halting the enlargement process.
Czechs close energy chapter in membership talks with EU
The Czech Republic has provisionally closed the energy chapter in accession talks with the European Union. The chapter was closed at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, ten days after Prague and
Vienna reached a compromise over safety at the Czech Republic's Temelin nuclear power plant. However the dispute over Temelin seems far from over: Austria's Foreign Minister, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, submitted a memorandum at the meeting saying her government reserved the
right to re-open the energy chapter whenever it wanted. The EU's Commissioner for Enlargement, Guenter Verheugen, warned Vienna that reopening a closed chapter was difficult, and would not
be Austria's decision alone.
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