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Czech president’s position on Lisbon hard for Brussels to comprehend, says Czech Radio correspondent
If the Czech Constitutional Court finds that the EU’s Lisbon treaty is in line with Czech law, the country’s president, Václav Klaus, would have to sign ratification…
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Czech president throws another spanner in the works of the Lisbon treaty
Eurosceptic president Václav Klaus on Thursday threw another spanner in the works of the Lisbon treaty. During a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik…
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Constitutional Court throws out secondary challenge to Lisbon treaty
The EU’s Lisbon treaty has inched a step closer towards ratification following a decision by the Czech Constitutional Court. On Tuesday, the court threw out a secondary…
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Will he or won’t he? President Klaus keeps Europe in suspense.
Will he sign or won’t he – and what’s to be done if he doesn’t – that is the question politicians across Europe are asking themselves. President Klaus is keeping everyone…
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President Klaus holds key to Lisbon treaty ratification
The eyes of Europe are on Czech President Václav Klaus – a fierce Eurosceptic who now holds the key to the ratification of the Lisbon treaty. After the Irish “yes” to…
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Constitutional Court could give verdict on Lisbon in “one month to six weeks”
A group of right-wing Czech senators have filed a new complaint against the Lisbon treaty with the country’s Constitutional Court. The complaint looks set to further delay…
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EU gives home pig slaughtering in Europe the green light
A pig-slaughter feast -for some an inconceivable cruelty that has no place in the 21st century, for others a way of life and an old tradition. Only last week it seemed…
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Eurosceptic Czech president now seen as last big hurdle on the road to Lisbon treaty ratification
With Ireland expected to approve the Lisbon treaty in a repeat referendum next week, eurosceptics in the EU are now pinning their hopes on Czech President Vaclav Klaus…
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EU gives Czechs moderate support on Canadian visa issue
If Canada does not abolish visas for Czech citizen by the end of the year, Brussels might retaliate by introducing visas for Canadian diplomats travelling to the EU. That’…
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Group of right-wing senators readies second Lisbon Treaty complaint
A group of Czech right-wing senators has announced it will file a second complaint on the Lisbon Treaty. Civic Democrat Senator Jiří Oberfalzer said the group would again…
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Uncertainty surrounds Czech place on next European Commission
Some Czech politicians have warned that due to the postponement of general elections, the Czech Republic might lose its seat on the European Commission. If a candidate is…
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President Klaus wages war on energy saving light bulbs
Two topics are guaranteed to evoke an angry reaction from President Václav Klaus: environmental activists and Euro-federalists. On Friday he took both to task at the…
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