Breakfast Brief - 30 November 2009

NEWS Czech EU commissioner to be in charge of enlargement Štefan Füle, the new Czech European commissioner, will be in charge of EU enlargement, European Commission head José Manuel Barroso said on Friday. Lidové noviny has reported that the post is among the more prestigious. Source: most Czech press Schwarzenberg becomes TOP 09 chairman Karel Schwarzenberg was elected chairman on Saturday at the founding congress for the new TOP 09, as expected. Former Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek has become first deputy chairman.