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Klaus will likely sign Lisbon treaty

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:02:08 +0000

The Prague Post reports, “While the public debate about the Lisbon Treaty saw protesters and counter protesters gather outside Prague Castle Oct. 19, the government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer and President Václav Klaus were crafting language designed to abate Klaus’ concerns over a human rights protocol in the treaty, likely leading to Lisbon’s ratification by the year’s end.”

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Klaus’ Lisbon request exposes divisions

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:07:51 +0000

[The Prague Post]– Before signing the Lisbon Treaty, President Václav Klaus demands an exemption for the Czech Republic from a human rights protocol he says could open the country up to restitution claims from Germans expelled after World War II.

But the timing of his request and the increasingly intense rhetoric surrounding Lisbon is magnifying how political divisions, long plaguing the country internally, are damaging the Czech Republic’s image on the European stage. At the same time, Klaus’ request raises questions about the performance of Czech Lisbon negotiators in past years – as the United Kingdom and Poland both received the exemption Klaus now seeks.

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Vaclav Klaus: How Czech president is fighting on to stop Europe in its tracks

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:34:30 +0000

[guardian.co.uk]– For a man standing alone between Europe and its future, Vaclav Klaus is playing hard to get. Last week a trip to Albania, this week Russia; the Czech president has performed a vanishing act just when he has the rest of Europe dancing to his tune.

He relishes being at the centre of a showdown. But it appears he is currently more interested in selling copies of his tract on global warming denial.

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Police investigate collapse

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:47:06 +0000

[The Prague Post]– The deadliest toll from a building collapse in Prague for more than 40 years could have resulted in a higher casualty figure as students were studying in a building next to it, according to a witness.

The bodies of four workers were recovered after a three-story building, undergoing construction work on Soukenická street in New Town, collapsed Oct. 2 in the worst tragedy of its type since 1965. A large section of the top floor had given way, smashing through floors beneath.

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Poland signs Lisbon Treaty, Czechs last to hold out

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:05:32 +0000

[France 24]– Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union’s reforming Lisbon Treaty in a ceremony Saturday, leaving his ultra-eurosceptic Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus as the only holdout.

“The fact that the Irish people changed their minds meant the revival of the treaty, and there are no longer any obstacles to its ratification,” Kaczynski said before inking the text.

“Today is a very important day in the history of Poland and the European Union,” he added, as senior EU leaders looked on.

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Sweden cautions Czechs over Lisbon ‘opt outs’

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:52:21 +0000

[The Local]– The Swedish EU presidency has cautioned the Czechs that their demands for an extra “footnote” on the treaty sends out “the wrong message at the wrong time”.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Thursday became the sole European leader to hold out against the EU reform treaty and set new conditions for ratification, as Poland’s Lech Kaczynski pledged to sign it this week.

But France, in an immediate reaction to the Czech leader’s demand, said it would oppose any prerequisites and underlined that the Lisbon Treaty had been approved by the Czech parliament and senate.

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Obama Drops European Missile Plan

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:13:21 +0000

[The Moscow Times]– U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday abandoned plans for a missile defense shield in Central Europe that had irritated Russia, and invited Russia to cooperate in the development of a more advanced defense system.

“The best way to responsibly advance our security and the security of our allies is to deploy a missile defense system that best responds to the threats that we face and that utilizes technology that is both proven and cost effective,” Obama told reporters in Washington. (For full text of Obama’s speech, click here.)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the advanced defense system that would be pursued to protect the United States and its allies from any threats would start with the deployment of Aegis ships equipped with interceptors. He said land-based defense systems would be set up starting in about 2015.

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