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i.e. Czechs not recognising it but kinda-coyly hiding their opposition behind that "it's up to the EU" feint
I don't know. Even if from the same party, the President and the government aren't the same thing. It may be that Klaus is paranoid about a re-emergence of the Sudeten-German question, or even the appearance of Moravian separatism out of thin air, while the government is just being bashful in its Atlanticism.
Slovakia: ... Slightly more coldly-formal version of the Czech statement??
In Slovakia's case, I think diplomatic language is only meant to leave wiggle room. The nationalist-dominated Slovakian government's concern is a break-away of ethnic-Hungarian-majority areas in the South of the country. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
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