Report on the Foreign Policy of the Czech Republic 2010
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(1) Contents INTRODUCTION............................................................10 I. MULTILATERAL COOPERATION.............................15 1. The Czech Republic and the European Union.............................................................15 The Czech Republic and European Union external relations ............................................................15 Treaty of Lisbon ..................................................................................................................................17 European Union enlargement ........................................................................................................... 18 The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union ........................................................21 The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.........................................................21 The Czech Republic and the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy ........................................ 22 Representation of the Czech Republic before the EU Court of Justice ............................................ 33 Responses to the financial and economic crisis ................................................................................ 35 The Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester ................................................................... 37 Preparation for talks on new EU Multiannual Financial Framework .............................................. 38 Energy and climate change................................................................................................................ 39 The EU internal market and sector policies.......................................................................................41 The European Economic Area........................................................................................................... 46 The European Union's new macro-regional strategies ..................................................................... 47 Internal security and judicial cooperation ........................................................................................ 48 EU law and Czech foreign policy ........................................................................................................51 European Neighbourhood Policy ...................................................................................................... 53 The Czech Republic and the Common Security and Defence Policy ................................................ 56 EU development cooperation and humanitarian aid........................................................................ 62 2. The Czech Republic and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation............................... 65 Bilateral meetings between members of the Czech government and NATO SG and visits to the Czech Republic.................................................................................................................................................... 65 Summits and ministerial meetings in 2010 ...................................................................................... 65 Political themes.................................................................................................................................. 66 Operations and missions ................................................................................................................... 74 NATO transformation and reform..................................................................................................... 78 Public diplomacy................................................................................................................................80 3. The Czech Republic and regional cooperation .......................................................... 81 Visegrad cooperation ......................................................................................................................... 81 Central European Initiative ............................................................................................................... 83 (2) Regional Partnership ......................................................................................................................... 85 Regional Cooperation Council...........................................................................................................86 4. The Czech Republic and other European international organisations and forums.... 86 The Czech Republic and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)..........86 Council of Europe .............................................................................................................................. 92 5. The Czech Republic and the United Nations (UN) ..................................................... 94 Principle UN bodies ........................................................................................................................... 94 UN international conferences.......................................................................................................... 103 UN specialised agencies................................................................................................................... 105 UN programmes, funds and other specialised bodies .....................................................................110 UN humanitarian programmes and agencies ...................................................................................111 The fight against transnational organised crime and drugs in the UN ........................................... 114 6. The Czech Republic and other international organisations...................................... 116 The Czech Republic and the world economy.................................................................................... 116 The Czech Republic's membership in other international organisations........................................125 7. The international law dimension of the Czech Republic's foreign policy ..................129 8. Human rights in Czech foreign policy......................................................................135 9. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament .................................................138 11. The Czech Republic in the fight against international terrorism............................ 148 12. Foreign development cooperation and humanitarian aid ......................................152 Development cooperation.................................................................................................................152 Humanitarian Aid.............................................................................................................................158 13. Transformation policy and cooperation.................................................................162 Projects implemented in 2010..........................................................................................................165 14. The consular dimension of the Czech Republic's foreign policy.............................. 172 II. THE CZECH REPUBLIC’S BILATERAL RELATIONS178 1. The Czech Republic’s Relations with Central European Countries ...........................178 Austria...............................................................................................................................................179 (3) Germany............................................................................................................................................181 Hungary ........................................................................................................................................... 183 Liechtenstein.................................................................................................................................... 184 Poland ...............................................................................................................................................185 Slovakia .............................................................................................................................................187 Slovenia............................................................................................................................................ 189 Switzerland....................................................................................................................................... 190 2. The Czech Republic’s Relations with North European Countries ............................. 191 Denmark............................................................................................................................................192 Estonia ..............................................................................................................................................193 Finland ..............................................................................................................................................194 Iceland...............................................................................................................................................195 Latvia.................................................................................................................................................195 Lithuania...........................................................................................................................................197 Norway ............................................................................................................................................