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Article: Czech president might sign Lisbon treaty only after Irish "yes"
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 24, 2008
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Czech president might sign Lisbon treaty only after Irish "yes"
PRAGUE, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus would
probably sign the Lisbon treaty only if it were ratified by Ireland,
even if the Czech Constitutional Court gave the green light to it
and Czech parliament ratified it earlier, Klaus indicated in an
interview with Radio Cesko on Monday.
In the past months the Czech Constitutional Court has assessed,
at the upper house's request, whether the treaty is compatible with
the Czech constitution. The court is to make the decision on
Tuesday.
According to Klaus, any discussion on when the Lisbon treaty will
be passed or rejected by the Czech Republic is pointless now.
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