Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:20:10 +0200https://english.radio.cz/lower-house-approves-bill-eu-membership-referendum-8067015© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech Republic is well on its way to EU membership. Out of the 30 chapters of legislation it needs to close before the end of the year, only five remain open. Furthermore, at the beginning of the month, an EU progress report on the country was better than ever before. So it appears that little can stop the Czech Republic from being among the first batch of candidate countries to join in 2004. There are two things, however, that could throw a spanner in the works - this weekend's Irish referendum on the Nice Treaty, and the lack of a Czech law allowing a referendum on EU membership. Dita Asiedu reports: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vlajky2.jpg?timestamp=1591469922 https://english.radio.cz/lower-house-approves-bill-eu-membership-referendum-8067015 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9