Czech President Klaus Signs Lisbon Treaty

ei.sdraob

just saw on news that Czech President Klaus signed the Lisbon treaty

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/03/world/international-uk-eu-treaty-czech-klaus.html

Scofflaw

BBC:

Czech leader signs Lisbon Treaty
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Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed the Lisbon Treaty.

The Czech Republic was the only EU country not to have ratified the treaty, which was drawn up to streamline decision-making in the EU.

Earlier, the Czech constitutional court rejected a complaint against the treaty, ruling that it was in line with that country's constitution.

"I signed the Lisbon Treaty today at 1500 [1400 GMT]," Mr Klaus told journalists.

There we are then.

cordially,
Scofflaw

Steviemak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8340664.stm

Finally the Lisbon Treaty has been ratified by all countries.

Great day for the EU.

Sorry David.

Dinner

Delighted with this.

I'm surprised how fast he moved once the courts gave the all clear, I thought he dodge it for another fewof weeks just before December.

Martin 2

Great news... I'll drink to it this evening.

Cheers.

cornbb

Phew. At long last

COUCH WARRIOR

Great news

I'll bet Cameron is wishing he'd held tough for now. Instead of pissing off his Euro Sceptics. On aserious note which branch of the armed services should I join when conscripted :rolleyes:

Daftendirekt

Great.

Wasn't expecting it to get sorted so quickly though. I just heard on the radio this morning that the courts gave it the A-OK.

So that's that then!

P. Breathnach

COUCH WARRIOR wrote: »

... I'll bet Cameron is wishing he'd held tough for now...

I don't think so. Cameron is probably quite happy that the issue is settled, and that he won't have to deal with it.

Rb

Great!

However, I still hope his political career is finished after his term.

thebman

Pleasant surprise today looking at my RSS feed.

astrofool

Will they adopt the charter for human rights once Klaus is gone, or is it a one time option?

BlitzKrieg

with this officially behind us now pretty much, do we have our best of lisbon debate awards?

marco_polo

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I don't think so. Cameron is probably quite happy that the issue is settled, and that he won't have to deal with it.

Given the esteem that the Labour party is currently held in the the British elecorate, even rolling back on the promise of a referendum will not have any real effect on the chances of the conservatives of getting back into power.

It may throw a few extra seats the way of the Lib Dems or UKIP, but the election is probably far enough away for this to be largely forgotten by then.

meglome

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I don't think so. Cameron is probably quite happy that the issue is settled, and that he won't have to deal with it.

Indeed he is.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8339522.stm

Tories rule out treaty referendum

Mr Hague says it is a 'bad day for democracy'

The Conservatives will not hold a referendum on the EU treaty if they win a general election, shadow foreign secretary William Hague has announced.

Mr Hague said ratification of the treaty by the Czech Republic - the last EU country to do so - meant the Tory campaign for a referendum "ends today".

We're all shocked i know.

Scofflaw

meglome wrote: »

Indeed he is.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8339522.stm



We're all shocked i know.

So shocked. Absolutely never saw that coming. Totally in a state of surprise right now. Can't imagine how anyone could have predicted it.

shocked I tell you!
Scofflaw

passive

Yay!

Funglegunk

Just on Cameron's promises for a British referendum:

Today's Irish Times wrote:

Two years ago, David Cameron gave readers of the Sun “a cast-iron guarantee” that British voters would have a referendum on Lisbon.
Back then, he told four million readers: “If I become prime minister, a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any new European Union treaty that emerges from these negotiations.”

And then:

Today's Irish Times wrote:

And he went on, just a little piously, to muse why it was that so many of the British public “don’t believe a word that politicians say when they break their promises so casually”.

Tee hee hee! I particularly enjoyed that line.

COUCH WARRIOR

Sorry my post was ambigious. I was referring to this:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6488240/David-Cameron-to-tell-voters-no-vote-on-Lisbon-Treaty.html

Where the Torys were putting out that they were possibly going to abandon the pledge to a referendum even before the Czechs ratified.

My point was if they had said nothing, then they could now claim facts on the ground and nothing to could be done. Where as now any British Euro Sceptic can hardly trust Cameron.