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Czechs nominate Stefan Fuele for EU executive
Nov 10, 2009, 10:24 GMT
Prague - Stefan Fuele, the Czech minister for European affairs, is the Czech Republic's candidate for a post at the European Commission, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said Tuesday.
A seasoned diplomat, Fuele, 47, was the Czech Republic's ambassador before he assumed his post in Fischer's caretaker cabinet.
His nomination is a result of a last-minute agreement between the two major Czech political parties, Mirek Topolanek's centre-right Civic Democrats and Jiri Paroubek's rival Social Democrats.
The two largest parties favoured Fuele over Vladimir Spidla, the Czech Republic's outgoing representative at the Commission.
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