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Political commentators and opposition politicians share the unenviable task of deciding whether to back Věra Jourová's candidacy for EU commissioner, despite whatever doubts they might have. Should they respect the adage that a nation's dirty laundry ought not to be aired abroad, or should they go out with all guns blazing? If Jourová fails in her hearing or becomes tainted due to criticism from home about her role in EU funding, it will reflect badly on the entire country. So will it, though, if critics are quiet now and the doubts come back to haunt Jourová later. The safest way, of course, is for critics to say they fully support her - and then to undermine her. Such as what one of Jourová's advisers, MEP Stanislav Polčák of the opposition TOP 09/STAN, did, whether intentionally or not, when he told Právo that Jourová is truly an expert on EU funding and that sometimes it's good to put the fox in charge of the henhouse.
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In spring, the Russian Federation annexed Crimea. Now it encourages and supports separatist guerrillas in eastern Ukraine and this support is gradually turning into an open aggression. It is a striking breach of the political accord concluded in 1994 in Budapest, in which three powers – the United States, Great Britain and the Russian Federation – pledged to respect the independence and state sovereignty of Ukraine within the current borders and to refrain from economic pressure and use of force against Ukraine. However, the current Russian policy does not only concern Ukraine. It poses a threat to the political order of the CEE region which formerly belonged into the Russian sphere of influence. After the end of the cold war, Czechs and Slovaks won freedom, democracy and state sovereignty again.
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