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Article: Czech Republic : Czechs given opt-out to spur Lisbon deal.
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- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
European Union leaders on Thursday clinched the deal needed to ensure ratification of their Lisbon reform treaty, but the prospects for a climate change financing accord were less rosy.
Jan Fischer, the Czech prime minister, told leaders of the 27-nation bloc at summit talks in Brussels that Vaclav Klaus, the Eurosceptic Czech president, would sign the Lisbon treaty in return for an opt-out from its charter of fundamental rights.
The leaders have agreed the Czech opt-out. All the leaders applauded and cheered, a diplomat from Sweden, which has been negotiating the opt-out on behalf of the EU, told Reuters.
If, as seems ...