Cheers Klaus
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one off:In a submission to the Czech Constitutional Court, which will decide tomorrow whether the treaty is compatible with the country’s constitution, Mr Klaus has suggested that it should be subject to a referendum.
The President, who is the only head of state yet to sign the treaty, attacked the EU notion of “shared sovereignty” as a contradiction that effectively means a loss of national control.
President Klaus made his written statement in support of a case against the treaty brought by 17 Czech senators, who have asked judges to rule that the agreement is unconstitutional because it transfers powers to Brussels. He also asked for a ruling on whether the treaty changed the terms of the Czech Republic’s accession to the EU in 2004 so significantly that a new referendum should be ordered.
The next beers are on the UK if he can.
Come on Czechs - do the right thing.
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President Klaus deserves to be awarded an Honourary Knighthood for standing up for Democracy and stalling the anti-Democratic EU/Lisbon Treaty. I hope Cameron awards this when/if he becomes PM next June.
In the meantime, he COULD support Klaus by strengthening his statement on the Treaty and making sure that EU Leaders know there WILL be a Referendum in the UK - regardless of whether or not it has been Ratified.
Fingers, toes, legs & arms crossed - oh, pretty please, hope etc. I think if he does hold out we should all chip in for a party for the Czechs for being lovely, lovely people. Never in the course of federal history has so much beer been owed by so many to such fantastic people.
HA! I would love this, schedule it for late in May next year perhaps? It'll take a while to set up a national referendum, after all. Maybe to be thorough they should have public debates about it too? Lots of them.