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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty

Vaclav Klaus signs ratification act after Court gives green light - New Treaty will enter into force on 1 December

Brussels, 03/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, signed the ratification act of the Treaty of Lisbon on Tuesday 3 November, just a few hours after the Czech Constitutional Court ruled that the new Treaty did not run counter to the constitution of the country and that the ratification, voted upon quite some time ago by the two chambers of the Czech Parliament, was therefore valid.

"I announce that I signed the Treaty of Lisbon at 3 p.m. today", Mr Klaus told a press...

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