Current holder of the EU presidency calls Obama's economic recovery plans as "a way to hell"
The Czech prime minister has condemned US President Barack Obama's economic recovery plans as "a way to hell".
Mirek Topolanek was speaking in the European Parliament, in his capacity as current holder of the EU presidency.
Hours before his remarks, President Obama appealed for all countries to bear the burden of spending to stimulate the world economy.
Mr Topolanek said the biggest success of last week's EU summit was its refusal to copy the US example.
His intervention comes 10 days before the G20 summit meeting in London and coincides with a visit to New York by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has called for a "worldwide fiscal and monetary stimulus".
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Funny thing is that Obama is coming to Czech Rep. next week so he can choose between meeting Topolanek (PM, author of this comment) or Klaus (president who is strongly against Lisbon treaty, any stimulus, global warming etc.).
