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http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId={8C0AC68FD0B24F17A2B6C622CDBB48FF}&From=News The Budapest Sun March 21, 2002 - Volume X, Issue 12 Czech claims of European �Axis of Evil� A prominent Czech philosopher and opposition politician accused Hungary, Germany and Austria of establishing a new "Axis Of Evil" in Europe, Czech newspaper Hospodarske noviny reported. Speaking at the Czech-German Discussion Forum in Berlin, conservative Civic Democratic Party (ODS) member Miloslav Bedn�r said a new Munich-Vienna-Budapest axis was "attempting to thwart the post-war settlement of Europe." Bedn�r�s comments came in the wake of recently revived pressure by Hungary, Germany and Austria for the formal annulment of the 1945 Benes Decrees, the so-called "anti-Nazification law", which saw an estimated 2.5 million ethnic Germans and 30,000 ethnic Hungarians deported from Czechoslovakia. Both the Czech Republic and Slovakia refused to consider any formal cancellation of the Decrees, and the resulting diplomatic wrangle caused the cancellation of a meeting of the Visegrad Four (comprising Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) and the postponement of a visit to the Czech Republic by German Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der. Forum co-chairman Otto Pick pointed out that Bedn�r�s comments were not a reflection of the official Czech position, but that of the ODS. "I would call on him to apologize for this nonsense," said Pick. Foreign Ministry spokesman G�bor Horv�th also rejected Bedn�r�s statement. "Hungary is well known and for its moderate thinking in terms of both European regional cooperation and development," he told The Budapest Sun. "These kind of comments certainly do not fit with either." Radio Free Europe later reported that Bedn�r had apologized. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
