EU Clinches Treaty After 8-Year Fight as Klaus Signs

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EU Clinches Treaty After 8-Year Fight as Klaus Signs

The European Union ended eight years of wrangling over the revamp of its decision-making system when Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed a new governing treaty designed to strengthen the bloc’s global clout. Klaus’s endorsement removed the last obstacle to the Lisbon Treaty and shifted the spotlight away from the Czech leader’s one-man anti-EU campaign and toward jockeying among candidates to be named the 27-nation bloc’s president and foreign policy chief. Bowing to a Czech high court ruling and pressure from across Europe, Klaus, 68, signed the document in private and then told reporters in Prague that he believes the treaty means the country “ceases to be a sovereign state.”... Full Story

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