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Published 11/04/2009 by The Independent


Czechs leave Cameron stranded over Lisbon Treaty

Europe's leaders celebrated last night after the Lisbon treaty was finally ratified after two years of delay, paving the way to the creation of a new-look European Union.

The final hurdle to its endorsement was swept away when the Eurosceptic Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, became the last of...

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...up in the future. "Now that the treaty is going to become European law and is going to enter into force, that means a referendum can no longer prevent the creation of the president of the European Council and the loss of British national vetoes" Mr Hague said...
Czechs leave Cameron stranded over Lisbon Treaty [The Independent - 11/04/2009]
...Mr Hague said. "These things will already have happened and a referendum cannot unwind them or prevent them. 'We were very clear that our promise applied to those circumstances. After today, those things will come into force and a referendum can't change them.' The treaty is designed to streamline EU decision-making and improve scrutiny of its policies. President Klaus added his name to the treaty, turning it into European law, after the Czech Constitutional Court threw out a claim that the agreement was unconstitutional."
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