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In 2009，the Czech Republic offi-cially took over the six-lnonth EUpresidency from France.FollowingSlovenia，the Czech Republic is thesecond new EU member to hold the EUpresidency.The Czech Republic is cur-rently faced with the challenge of cop-ing with the global financial crisis andpromoting EU political reform，as wellas handling its own internal issues.OnJant，ary 15，H.E.Mr.Vitezslav GREPL，the ambassador of the Czech Republic inChina，held a press conference to addressthe Sino-EU relationship in 2009.H.E.Mr.Serge Abou，the EU ambassador toChina and H.E.Mr.Mikael Lindstrom，the ambassador of Sweden to China alsoattended this conference.