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Article: Czechs not to ratify Lisbon treaty in 2008
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- November 4, 2008
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Czechs not to ratify Lisbon treaty in 2008
Prague, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic will not ratify the
Lisbon Treaty this year, but it might do so in the first quarter of
2009, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek told reporters after a
meeting with his visiting Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen on
Tuesday.
"It is apparent that it will not happen this year, I would say
due to external influences," Topolanek said.
He recalled that the Constitutional Court had postponed the
discussion of the EU Lisbon Treaty by two weeks on President Vaclav
Klaus's request.
Klaus will leave for a visit to Ireland and Saudi Arabia on Nov.
10, the day when the court was originally planned to deal with ...