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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9896

7 May 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
Czech ratification (or almost)

Brussels, 06/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 6 May, the Czech Senate approved the Lisbon Treaty, with 54 of the 79 senators present voting in favour. The House of Representatives had already voted in favour of the text in February. Ratification of the new treaty of the Union by the Czech Republic will be complete once President Vaclav Klaus has signed the ratification law (which he is not likely to do until after the new Irish referendum to be held in September or October). There is...

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