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Wolfgangschumann bookmarked on 2009-05-03 constitution lisbon-treaty eu-policy_memberstates czechia ratification enlargement enlargementpolicymemberstates

  • Even if there is a "yes" vote in the Senate, Klaus as head of state would have to formally sign and ratify the text.

    The Czech president has never stated openly whether he would block the passage of the treaty if it is approved by parliament.

    However comments he made in February are typical of his stated stance.

    "I fear that attempts to speed up and deepen integration and to move decisions about the lives of the citizens of the member countries up the European level can have effects that will endanger all the positive things achieved in Europe in the last half a century," he told the European parliament in Brussels back then.

  • European leaders are anxiously awaiting a Czech Senate vote on the Lisbon treaty this week, amid French and Germans warnings that EU enlargement can't continue unless the reforms are ratified.

    The latest signals out of Prague are fairly upbeat that the Czech upper house of parliament will approve the treaty designed to streamline the working of a union which has expanded from 15 to 27 nations since 2004.

This link has been bookmarked by 1 people . It was first bookmarked on 03 May 2009, by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann.

  • 03 May 09
    wolfgangschumann
    Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

    constitution lisbon-treaty eu-policy_memberstates czechia ratification enlargement enlargementpolicymemberstates

    • Even if there is a "yes" vote in the Senate, Klaus as head of state would have to formally sign and ratify the text.

      The Czech president has never stated openly whether he would block the passage of the treaty if it is approved by parliament.

      However comments he made in February are typical of his stated stance.

      "I fear that attempts to speed up and deepen integration and to move decisions about the lives of the citizens of the member countries up the European level can have effects that will endanger all the positive things achieved in Europe in the last half a century," he told the European parliament in Brussels back then.

    • European leaders are anxiously awaiting a Czech Senate vote on the Lisbon treaty this week, amid French and Germans warnings that EU enlargement can't continue unless the reforms are ratified.

      The latest signals out of Prague are fairly upbeat that the Czech upper house of parliament will approve the treaty designed to streamline the working of a union which has expanded from 15 to 27 nations since 2004.