"Politicians have allowed the citizens to express their opinion only in a single EU country," Klaus noted, referring to the fact that Ireland is the only country ratifying the treaty in a referendum, not in parliament. Klaus says the result should be a clear message to all. "The Lisbon treaty project ended today with the Irish voters' decision and its ratification cannot continue," Klaus writes on his website. Klaus has repeatedly expressed strong reservations about the text of the Lisbon treaty and doubts about the further development of the European Union. Czech government representatives said in reaction to the Irish "no" that it definitely was Czech PM Topolanek has diabetes - press ...
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Largest number of children since 1993 born in CzechRep last year ... a complication, but it did not threaten the standard functioning of the EU. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said the Czech Republic continues to prepare for EU presidency in the first half of next year irrespective of the Irish "no." Senate chairman Premysl Sobotka shares Klaus's view that there is no sense continuing the process of ratification. The Czech Republic has not yet ratified the treaty.
It is not clear whether it would further proceed with the ratification process.
(Ceske Noviny)
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