Word: kavan
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Zeman retorted that the Czechs would not consider removing the laws, the underlying fear being that their repeal would open the floodgates to demands for restitution. "Why should we single out the Benes Decrees?" Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan told Time. "They belong to the past and should stay in the past. Many current members of the E.U. had similar laws." German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder admitted that "in this heated debate, a rational discussion of such questions is much more difficult," but also doubted there would be any long-term damage to German-Czech relations...
...chief complaint is no candidate country is represented in the powerful 12-member Presidium, which sets the Convention's agenda. Jan Kavan, the Czech Foreign Minister and a Convention delegate, will submit a written proposal this week to add two candidate-country representatives. "That would reassure the candidate countries that the slogan, 'We're all equal,' is serious," he said...
...candidates are taken in as full members. "We like the symbolism of moving from the [1957 ] Treaty of Rome to another Treaty of Rome," says an Italian diplomat. The candidates will have none of that. "That symbolism isn't worth making almost half of Europe feel bitter," says Kavan. "The tensions that would generate would be hard to control." He is convinced the candidate countries have enough allies inside to prevent it but there could be a battle ahead on the question of timing...