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support the Czech republic unconditionally on such issues, and impose visa for Canadians in all EU countries, starting at least with the Schegen zone.

After doing this twice, no country will ever dare again impose selective visa procedures on smaller European countries. It's that simple.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:42:52 PM EST
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that's what Europe should do. What it will do is another matter. The UK is in an especially difficult position as Canada is a CommonWealth country and we'd find it very difficult to join in.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 04:39:51 PM EST
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Sure it'd be reasonable.
But a bit hard as only last year Czech government insisted that visas are a bilateral matter when it was negotiating visa-free entry for Czech citizens to the US in exchange for the ESTA waiver program.

What goes around comes around...

by jv (euro@junkie.cz) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 12:38:37 AM EST
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Then again, the Czech Republic and other new EU members got into that position already because older Schengen Zone members didn't see fit to do anything at EU level against differential visa treatment by US authorities...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 03:02:48 AM EST
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