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Current AffairsTreason? Politicians scrap over whether Klaus must sign Lisbon Treaty
There was much rejoicing in Europe last week when Czech senators voted in
favour of ratifying the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, which aims to
streamline the way the EU is run with 27 members. But many senators from
the centre-right Civic Democratic Party voted against the treaty, and on
Tuesday several of them met President Václav Klaus, who also opposes the
document – and who must sign the treaty into law for ratification to be
complete.
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Current AffairsPresident Klaus delays putting signature to Lisbon ratification
The upper house of the Czech parliament has voted to ratify the EU’s
Lisbon treaty, finalizing the parliamentary ratification of the document.
But one major obstacle remains on the road to the full Czech approval of
the treaty. The Czech president, Václav Klaus, is in no hurry to put his
signature to what he sees serious threat of Czech sovereignty.
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Current AffairsCzech Senate approves Lisbon but Klaus holding out over putting signature to ratification
The Czech Senate approved the Lisbon treaty in a vote on Wednesday
afternoon, some two months after the document was ratified by the lower
house of Parliament. The Czech Republic is one of the last countries in
Europe to vote on the reform document, and its ratification is far from
complete, with eurosceptic president Vaclav Klaus still having to sign the
document.
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Current AffairsKlaus presides over first EU summit
What had been described by some as “a nightmare scenario” for the
European Union came true on Monday when the eurosceptic president Vaclav
Klaus formally took charge of the Czech EU presidency – for a day at
least. For the first time, Mr Klaus presided over a high-level EU meeting,
chairing the European Union’s summit with Japan in Prague. However even
when it came to global warming – a famous bugbear of Mr Klaus – the
president maintained a diplomatic silence.
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Current AffairsOutgoing PM urges Civic Democrats to back Lisbon treaty
This Wednesday the Lisbon treaty, aimed at reforming the workings of the
27-member European Union, faces a key vote in the Czech Senate, one which
has many in Brussels worried. Although observers remain optimistic, the
Senate could potentially scuttle the document, amounting to a serious
setback en par with last year’s No vote in the Irish referendum. Could it
happen?
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A Czech jeweller has created a replica of the Imperial Crown of the Holy
Roman Empire, a team of enthusiasts is building a miniaturized model of a
town which was razed to the ground to make way for coal mining and, a group
of Czechs have held a non-stop reading of the entire Lisbon treaty to prove
that it is readable. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová.
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