IN A STATEMENT the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton said that the Czech Republic’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, paving the way for its adoption as EU law does not mark the end of history. “The principles of upon which the campaign against the Lisbon Treaty was fought are timeless and will hold true as long as the human race exists.
“The fight for real political and economic democracy both within and between states must go on. The struggle against imperialism in Ireland is part of the wider international struggle for human progress, freedom and democracy.
“The forces we face have rarely been more formidable but the ideals which inform our activism and struggle have never been more relevant or needed.” Des Dalton said.
CZECH PRESIDENT Václav Klaus finally signed the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, clearing the way for the reform accord to become European Union law as early as next month.
The Czech constitutional court threw out a final objection to it but he was granted an exemption from a rights charter that he said would expose it to property claims from millions of Germans who were expelled from Czechoslovakia after the second World War.
“I had expected the court ruling and I respect it, although I fundamentally disagree with its content and justification . . . With the Lisbon Treaty taking effect, the Czech Republic will cease to be a sovereign state, despite the political opinion of the constitutional court,” said Václav Klaus.
It is the last of the EU’s 27 member states to ratify the treaty, which will give the bloc a full-time president and a more powerful foreign policy chief.
Václav Klaus fears it will transfer too much power from national governments to Brussels and lay the groundwork for an EU “super-state”.
Klaus’s signature ends some eight years of wrangling over how to reform the workings of the EU.
Fredrik Reinfeldt, premier of current EU presidency holder Sweden, said the treaty could come into force next month, and that a summit would be held “as soon as possible” to find the first EU president.
“The fight for real political and economic democracy both within and between states must go on. The struggle against imperialism in Ireland is part of the wider international struggle for human progress, freedom and democracy.
“The forces we face have rarely been more formidable but the ideals which inform our activism and struggle have never been more relevant or needed.” Des Dalton said.
CZECH PRESIDENT Václav Klaus finally signed the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, clearing the way for the reform accord to become European Union law as early as next month.
The Czech constitutional court threw out a final objection to it but he was granted an exemption from a rights charter that he said would expose it to property claims from millions of Germans who were expelled from Czechoslovakia after the second World War.
“I had expected the court ruling and I respect it, although I fundamentally disagree with its content and justification . . . With the Lisbon Treaty taking effect, the Czech Republic will cease to be a sovereign state, despite the political opinion of the constitutional court,” said Václav Klaus.
It is the last of the EU’s 27 member states to ratify the treaty, which will give the bloc a full-time president and a more powerful foreign policy chief.
Václav Klaus fears it will transfer too much power from national governments to Brussels and lay the groundwork for an EU “super-state”.
Klaus’s signature ends some eight years of wrangling over how to reform the workings of the EU.
Fredrik Reinfeldt, premier of current EU presidency holder Sweden, said the treaty could come into force next month, and that a summit would be held “as soon as possible” to find the first EU president.
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