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Lisbon Treaty in the hands of constitutional court

Thu, Oct 08 2009 15:14 CET

byBenjamin Cunningham - The Prague Post

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Lisbon Treaty in the hands of constitutional court

The ball is now in the court of president Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic

Ireland voted in favor of the Lisbon Treaty Oct. 2, leaving the fate of the controversial European Union accord in the hands of the Czech Constitutional Court and President Václav Klaus.

Prime Minister Jan Fischer said he expects Lisbon - meant to streamline EU decision-making - to be approved by the end of the year amid signs the Constitutional Court seeks a speedy ruling on a Sept. 29 challenge to the document filed by a group of Civic Democratic Party (ODS) senators.

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