Press review | 19/10/2009

Klaus stops blocking the Treaty of Lisbon

For the first time Eurosceptic Czech President Václav Klaus has indicated he will soon sign the Treaty of Lisbon on EU reform. Klaus has demanded that the EU agree to a clause preventing Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia after World War II from seeking restitution of expropriated property under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Meanwhile Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on Czech television on Sunday that he will seek a similar exemption for his own country.