Czech Cabinet in emergency session to force President Klaus to sign Lisbon treaty

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[Chet 99]

The Czech Cabinet meets in emergency session today to consider how to persuade their stubborn President to sign the Lisbon treaty — under intense pressure from Paris and Berlin to complete the ratification as soon as possible.

With President Klaus demanding a last-minute amendment as the price of his signature — the final approval required in the 27-nation European Union — the Government is locked in a trial of strength with its head of state and on the brink of a constitutional crisis. If it supports his demands the treaty might have to be reopened amid lengthy delays, possibly allowing time for David Cameron’s Conservatives to win the next British election and hold a referendum on the treaty as they have promised.

If the the Czech Government opposes President Klaus then it may have to resort to a form of impeachment or strip him of his treaty-signing powers so as to complete ratification.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“David Cameron’s Conservatives to win the next British election and hold a referendum on the treaty as they have promised”

6 months.

[devere]

The forces of depsotism are determined and desperate.

[Tax-chick]

You’re my hero, Vaclav ... don’t do it!

[Gay State Conservative]

Can you imagine the promises that are being made to the Prime Minister's opponents to motivate them to bring him down??? I think it's time for us,the US,to declare the “European Union” a Communist “state” and an enemy “state”.

[NormsRevenge]

Idiots.

[eleni121]

Quoted (very end) from an otherwise biased and insipid article:

“Some have speculated that Klaus may want to prolong the process through mid-2010, when another treaty sceptic, UK Conservative leader David Cameron, may cash in on an opinion- poll lead that shows he will gain power in British elections likely to be held next May.

While Britain is among the 26 EU countries that ratified the treaty through parliament, Cameron has said he may annul that decision and hold a referendum - which is only possible if the treaty is not yet in force.”

God Bless you Klaus-—don’t sign this dangerous and preposterous document

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/lisbon-treaty-still-facing-obstacles-to-enforcement-1907058.html

[VanDeKoik]

“Czech Cabinet in emergency session to force President Klaus to sign Lisbon treaty”

A Czech leader forced to sign a document to cede his nation over to someone other group’s control?

Wow, sounds familiar.

[Clock King]

Cameron has said he may annul that decision and hold a referendum - which is only possible if the treaty is not yet in force.”

Ink on a page. Tear the damn thing up and tell the EU to pound sand.

[Niuhuru]

I heard Blair is angling for the part of President of the EU.

[B.O. Plenty]

Sigh.....

...it appears that the Czech "congress" is as stupid as our congress....

[mdmathis6]

Klaus may need the help of his military! His cabinet should be answering to him, not the other way around!

[Fresh Wind]

Since being a natural born citizen seems no longer to be a requirement in this country, I would welcome Mr. Klaus as president of the US.

Kenya can have Obama back.

[eleni121]

Tear the damn thing up

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Now that would be quite the magnificent gesture!

He would go down in history as one of the great political heroes of our times.

[BlueStateBlues]

I told FR he’d cave. He can’t stand the pressure, and is bargaining. Soon he’ll just sign it. Facism and Tony Blair as President of the Western World await.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Facism and Tony Blair as President of the Western World await."

http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=53



XX Congress of the Socialist International, New York 09-11 September 1996

PRESIDIUM ELECTED BY THE XX CONGRESS

President

Pierre Mauroy

Vice-Presidents

Gro Harlem Brundtland (First Vice-President)
Rolando Araya Monge
Tony Blair
Leonel Brizola
Philippe Busquin
Massimo D'Alema
Ousmane Tanor Dieng
Felipe González
António Guterres
Gyüla Horn
Erdal Inönü
Lionel Jospin
Oskar Lafontaine
Paavo Lipponen
Wim Kok
Alexa McDonough
Pedro París Montesinos
Jaime Paz Zamora
Shimon Peres
Göran Persson
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Costas Simitis
Anselmo Sule
Makoto Tanabe
Franz Vranitzky

Ex-Officio

Pauline Green
José Francisco Peña Gómez
Audrey McLaughlin
Rudolf Scharping
Nicola Zingaretti

Secretary General

Luis Ayala

[wastedyears]

Spineless bureaucrats

[Think free or die]

Based on what my cousins in the Czech Republic told me when I visited them in September, the country is already in a constitutional crisis. They are under a provisional government until the next normal elections a few months from now. There have been shenanigans at high levels, and the socialists are pushing hard to gain power. I applaud Vaclav Klaus, and fear for the land my parents fled after it fell to communism in ‘48.

[SunkenCiv]

If it supports his demands the treaty might have to be reopened amid lengthy delays, possibly allowing time for David Cameron’s Conservatives to win the next British election and hold a referendum on the treaty as they have promised.

And that's the real story.

[Frantzie]

Sounds like a another Soros project in the background. He was causing all sorts of trouble in eastern Europe and former Soviet repubs like Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia.

I hope Klaus stays strong. One of the few men left with common sense in Europe or really in the world.