Topolánek: Lisbon treaty dead

In related news, former prime minister and head of the Civic Democrats Mirek Topolánek has labelled the Lisbon treaty “a dead document” regardless of whether it will be ratified or not. Speaking in Warsaw at a conference of Polish conservatives on Saturday, Mr Topolánek said the treaty did not correspond with the reality of the 21st century Europe. The former prime minister told Czech TV on Sunday however that he still believed President Václav Klaus should complete the ratification of the EU’s reform document in the Czech Republic.