Sunday, 25 October 2009

Cheers Klaus

TB is increasingly confident that Czech President Václav Klaus might just be able to pull
this
one off:

In a submission to the Czech Constitutional Court, which will decide tomorrow whether the treaty is compatible with the country’s constitution, Mr Klaus has suggested that it should be subject to a referendum.

The President, who is the only head of state yet to sign the treaty, attacked the EU notion of “shared sovereignty” as a contradiction that effectively means a loss of national control.

President Klaus made his written statement in support of a case against the treaty brought by 17 Czech senators, who have asked judges to rule that the agreement is unconstitutional because it transfers powers to Brussels. He also asked for a ruling on whether the treaty changed the terms of the Czech Republic’s accession to the EU in 2004 so significantly that a new referendum should be ordered.

The next beers are on the UK if he can.

Come on Czechs - do the right thing.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

President Klaus deserves to be awarded an Honourary Knighthood for standing up for Democracy and stalling the anti-Democratic EU/Lisbon Treaty. I hope Cameron awards this when/if he becomes PM next June.

In the meantime, he COULD support Klaus by strengthening his statement on the Treaty and making sure that EU Leaders know there WILL be a Referendum in the UK - regardless of whether or not it has been Ratified.

Dick the Prick said...

Fingers, toes, legs & arms crossed - oh, pretty please, hope etc. I think if he does hold out we should all chip in for a party for the Czechs for being lovely, lovely people. Never in the course of federal history has so much beer been owed by so many to such fantastic people.

Hughes.
said...

HA! I would love this, schedule it for late in May next year perhaps? It'll take a while to set up a national referendum, after all. Maybe to be thorough they should have public debates about it too? Lots of them.

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