Czech leader gives in, signs new E.U. charter
PRAGUE -- A charter meant to transform Europe into a more unified and powerful global player passed its last major hurdle Tuesday and appears set to become law within weeks.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who has been highly skeptical of increasing the European Union's powers, signed the Lisbon Treaty at the Prague Castle hours after his nation's Constitutional Court struck down a complaint that it violated the Czech constitution.
Klaus had been tirelessly attacking and stalling the document, saying it would hand too much power to E.U. institutions in Brussels. He awaited the court's ruling before deciding whether to endorse it. "I expected the decision of the Constitutional Court and respect it," Klaus told reporters Tuesday afternoon, but he added that he vehemently disagrees with the verdict.
"The Czech Republic will cease to be a sovereign state" under the treaty, he said.
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The Brits are about ready to dump the EU...
I have talked to some customers in England lately and they tell me the civil unrest there and disillusionment with the government and specifically the EU is overwhelming. They believe their Conservative party will win BIG next year, they are up in arms about a New TAX to be paid to the EU.
The Liberty a society retains is inversely proportional to the number of Lawyers in the Government.
You're a little too tractable Klaus.
I thought you had more revolutionary spirit than this.
Disappointed in Klaus also!
I really expected him to refuse to sign !
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Very, very, very, very...
...disappointing.
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