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Vaclav Klaus calls again for “opt-out” on Charter of Fundamental rights, making ratification still more complex

Brussels, 09/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - There has been a new development in the matter of Czech ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. President Vaclav Klaus will make his ratification signature dependent not only on the verdict of the Czech constitutional court (which is currently examining how compatible the new treaty is with the Czech constitution) but also on the Czech Republic being given an “opt-out” from application of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. This at any rate was...