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Originally Posted by 93legendti
the EU is telling the President to stop acting like a socialist.
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The "EU" isn't telling the US anything. That's the Czech PM, who happens to hold the revolving EU presidency this year, but is also a dead man walking because he just lost a vote of confidence by his own parliament. Topolanek is embroiled in a pitched battle with the Czech socialist party, so his comments should be viewed in that light.
Anyway, the rest of the article you cited is filled with comments of other EU leaders distancing themselves from Topolanek's remarks. Did you read those?
edit: Topolanek may be right in his assessment, or not, but his remarks do not represent the consensus view of EU leadership. He is also, I think, premature in crowing about the "successes of the EU". They have huge financial and economic problems of their own, and the EU partnership itself is pretty shaky at the moment.