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Published 11/04/2009 by Yahoo! Malaysia


Czech president becomes last EU leader to sign treaty

AFP - 2 hours 46 minutes ago

PRAGUE (AFP) - – Czech President Vaclav Klaus has given a long-awaited final seal of approval to the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for the 27-nation bloc to find a new president.

The ardent eurosceptic became Tuesday the last EU leader to sign the...

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...1, saying: "I cannot agree with its contents since after the validation of the Lisbon Treaty... the Czech Republic will cease to be a sovereign state"
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...tification, saying "a strengthened and renewed EU will be an even better transatlantic partner with the United States."
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