Czech President Vaclav Klaus to address Cornell University 24th September.

A diary note of some importance. The only leader of an EU ex-nation state with the courage of his convictions, indeed it appears sometimes the only such leader with any convictions at all, is to make an address at Cornell University where he studied economics on 24th September. It will be worth remembering that date I feel certain. The Cornell press release is here. Klaus's comments on the Czech judges vetoing their own pay cut also makes interesting reading and is linked from here.

President Klaus to ask court for new Referendum

A glimmer of hope returns for democrats in the EU this morning, a full report is in The Times from which comes this quote: President Klaus wrote to the court. “The constitutional court is therefore deciding on a matter that is absolutely fundamental for the future of our country.

“Twenty years after the restoration of our democracy and sovereignty, we are once again dealing with the question whether we should — this time voluntarily — give up the position of a sovereign state and hand over decision-making on our own matters to European institutions outside of the democratic control of our citizens.”

President Klaus based his case against the Lisbon treaty on its extension of qualified-majority voting among the EU’s 27 nations into 40 new policy areas, meaning that the Czech Republic and every other country will lose veto rights in these areas. Supporters of the treaty argue that it will help with the smooth running of the EU after its enlargement from 15 to 27 countries since 2004.

“The substance of sovereignty is an unlimited execution of power. Its sharing negates sovereignty,” he added.

President Klaus looks like crumbling!

There are so many reports appearing on the internet today that President Klaus now looks likely to sign the disgusting Lisbon Treaty, after the Czech Constitutional Court Ruling next week, that further hopes seem forlorn. Europe seems to be about to be delivered into the hands of the type of person described in the post below. Thank the heavens that I have children beyond its shores and corrupted power.

Tories debate whether Klaus will sign Lisbon

Centre Right part of the Conservative Home web pages has a debate on whether or not President Klaus will sign the Lisbon Treaty. It is linked from here. We thus have the main opposition party substituting action and policy with speculation on how a foreign leader might determine the future of democracy and sovereignty for their country. The comments include some interesting speculation about likely assassination targets and Russian and US influence within the putrescent corporatist conglomeration which the EU has become.

President Klaus needs early UK election if Lisbon Treaty to be thwarted!

The Telegraph has the report linked here, of which this is the essence:

Mr Klaus, who angered EU partners when he further delayed the ratification process by asking for an opt-out on the treaty earlier this month, said he still did not see the document as a good thing for "freedom in Europe."

But in an interview with the "Lidove noviny" newspaper in the Czech Republic, he said: "I cannot and will not wait for British elections, unless they hold them in the next few days or weeks.

The Queen of England will be tested in the coming days, the Leader of the Opposition must apply all possible pressure backed by William Hague. The Lisbon Treaty, if forced upon the country of the United Kingdom by this disgraced Parliament, will never be accepted by the people, certainly not once the full consequences of this government's economic mismanagement and negligence comes to be felt by all during the coming months and years to follow.

Daily Mail twice refuses to post a link to the Petition site supporting President Klaus.

I have tried to put a brief word of support with a link to the petition supporting Prsident Klaus on the comments thread attached to the column by Tom Utley, linked from the post below this, with no success. Another commentator has managed to get a post with an e-mail address to send support on to that thread. I have sent mine on, any wishing to do the same may do so to the following: zuzana.rycova@hrad.cz

Support President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic

Tom Utley in his column in the Daily Mail this morning writes about President Klaus, linked here. An international petition in support of President Klaus and his lone struggle among EU leaders against the Lisbon Treaty may be found on this link, please sign up and send it on to your contacts. I have had evidence of attempts to sabotage the circulation of this petition!

The Benes Decrees - some background

The Centre for European Reform undertook an analysis of Benes Decrees at the time of the original EU enlargement to the East which makes very interesting background reading when understanding the present demands for Lisbon Treaty/Charter of Fundamental Rights protections. The document in pdf format by Heather Grabbe, Research Director of the CER, dated June 2002, may be read by clicking here.

Czechs threatened with losing EU Comissioner

The latest bullying is reported in the EU federalist Euractiv, linked here.

Czech Cabinet climbdown

The Times reports, here, that the Czech Cabinet has backed down from a reported confrontation with President Klaus over the Lisbon Treaty, and that the PM will present his suggestions to the Council of the EU consisting of the former national leaders on 29th October.

Czech crisis raises spectre of the nineteen-thirties

Impeaching President Vaclav Klaus, carries the whiff of panic and hysteria for this observer, but such were the reports in yesterday's Sunday Times, linked here, from which comes this quote:

“I have always considered this treaty a step in the wrong direction,” Klaus said. As he is well aware, the slightest change to the treaty, which was first proposed in 2001, would require all 27 EU member countries to agree.

His remarks were greeted with outrage in Europe. German and French diplomats, in talks with their Czech counterparts, explored two ways of removing the Klaus obstacle: impeach him or change the Czech constitution to take away his right of veto.

“If the president is obstructing the democratic process and opposing the decision of parliament as well as the will of the people, he is moving beyond the law and will need to face the consequences,” a German diplomat told The Sunday Times.

The details of the nature of the guarantees now required by President Klaus, as explained on EurActiv, this morning, linked here, certainly seem more difficult than were being reported earlier in the weekend, but the drastic step of endeavouring to remove the Head of State of one of the smaller EU member states, as is reportedly being considered by France and Germany, would surely rouse even those two countries' hibernating populations to the growing dangers all of us in the EU are now facing. The means of the Lisbon Treaty ratification make it daily ever clearer that the intended constitution will never be accepted by democratic Europeans!

Sudeten German property claims the basis for latest Lisbon hurdle

We made several posts last evening on the footnote required by Czech President Vaclav Klaus in the latest moves to thwart enactment of the Lisbon Treaty which would destroy the democracy and independence of 27 former European nation states. I have waited most of the day for a reasoned report on what exactly is involved. I have selected this report from the Wall Street Journal Blogs as a good summary and brief explanation of the situation. The silence from David Cameron, on this development, especially following his more assertive stance on the EU in his speech of yesterday, is becoming increasingly mysterious! The Conservative Party must decide where they stand on the EU! It is unbelievable that they have been thrown this lifeline by President Klaus and appear to pass by and continue to flounder as if they prefer drowning to facing reality. Read my blog beneath this to see what Cameron said on the EU only yesterday! Where is the support today for President Klaus? Will we have to wait again for the right words from Boris?

French Foreign Minister refuses Lisbon Amendment

Bernard Kouchner was the first EU Foreign Minister off the mark to insist a footnote to the Lisbon Treaty demanded today by President Klaus would be refused. Reuters India has the report, linked here. The Czech President is off to Russia next week and so far is refusing to elaborate further on his request for the European Council to unanimously agree to his footnote.

Lisbon footnote demanded by Klaus to take months after Constitutional Court ruling!

The Times report on our earlier posting of the bombshell dropped by President Klaus on the conspiratorial rulers of the EU indicates it could well deliver the promised referendum to Britain! Read here, the following being a quote:

A fresh obstacle to the Lisbon Treaty has been raised by Czech President Vaclav Klaus which could delay it long enough to allow David Cameron to carry out his promise of a British referendum.

The notoriously unpredictable Czech president astonished EU leaders by demanding extra guarantees on the Charter of Fundamental Rights - the controversial declaration being incorporated into European Union (EU) law by the treaty and from which Britain has an opt-out.

President Klaus, who regularly compares the EU to the Soviet Union, refused to clarify his demand for a “footnote” to the treaty on the Charter, but legal experts warned it could take months of negotiation with the other 26 member states.

President Klaus demands Lisbon Treaty change

The BBC has the report on an added sentence to the Treaty demanded by the Czech President as a condition of his signing the dreadful document, linked here. As soon as the sense of the sentence, which concerns the Charter of Fundamental Rights, is available in English it will be posted on this blog. The EU has always maintained that ANY CHANGE to the Treaty could result in a complete re-negotiation of the entire document - could this be the breakthrough for which democrats and freedom lovers have so long waited? Update. The extra wording is apparently two sentences to be added in a footnote. Euractiv has some background on a cancelled trip by the Czech PM to Brussels linked here.

Czech European Affairs minister on his President's Lisbon Signature

The following is from EurActiv who have interviewed Štefan Füle the Czech minister for European affairs, linked here. The minister had the following to say on the attitude of President Klaus towards the signing of the Lisbon Treaty, now ratified in the Czech Parliament but potentially subject to another challenge in the Constitutional Court. The quote starts with the question put by EurActiv which appears in bold italic:

Would you welcome the completion of the Lisbon Treaty ratification process in the Czech Republic before the second referendum in Ireland takes place? Do you find such a scenario realistic?

I believe it is important that the parliamentary stage of the ratification was completed in May. I think that it was a relatively strong signal towards our partners, and a fulfillment of our pledge. I do not want to speculate about how the president will make use of his constitutional right. I am convinced however that he will make the right decision at the right time.

On the one hand, I am aware of the opinions at EU level, where our partners would welcome a faster completion of the ratification process. On the other hand, I as a citizen of the Czech Republic understand that there are questions about the Lisbon Treaty that remain to be answered. I therefore have an understanding of the president's actions.

In my opinion he is taking a relatively democratic approach to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. He wants to provide the senators with enough time to ask the Constitutional Court to examine the treaty [a group of senators expressed their interest in sending the treaty to Constitutional Court once again, this time with different questions to be answered; the senators signalled their intentions just after the 'yes' vote in the Senate last month].

But in my view, the previous decision of the Constitutional Court already creates a solid base for the argument that the Lisbon Treaty is not contrary to the Czech constitution. I'm convinced that the process will end in such a fashion that the Lisbon Treaty will be here sooner rather than later.

I have communicated my views that the British Conservative Party should request President Klaus to pledge to withhold his signature from the Lisbon Treaty until after the British General Election which must be held by next May. The absence of any reply from William Hague their Foreign Affairs spokesman and Deputy Party Leader, confirms for me the fact that the Tories claim to be against the Lisbon Treaty is typical duplicity.

Please bear this in mind when casting your vote a week from today, a vote for the Tories is a vote for the consolidation of fascism across the EU, see my post on Pluralism yesterday, six years ago and practically every day in between!

President Klaus will not sign Lisbon Treaty at present

President Klaus will not sign the Lisbon Treaty at present, according to this report, furthermore a fresh challenge to its constitutionality is planned in the Czech courts. Klaus is reported as saying, following the Czech Senates approval of the Treaty by just over the required two third majority: ".... he would not sign the treaty for now due to its rejection by Irish voters last year and an expected court challenge in the Czech Republic. "The Lisbon Treaty is dead for this moment. It is dead because it was rejected in a referendum in one member state. Therefore, a decision on ratification of this treaty is not on the agenda at this point," Klaus told reporters." As I mentioned on this blog yesterday, following the logic of President Klaus, he could withhold his signature until after a British General election given the opposition's promise of a referendum in Britain in the event of continuing non-ratification of the Treaty.

Czech President Klaus can now make Cameron's Referendum Con Valuable

As the Czech Parliament has now approved the Lisbon Treaty the promise by President Klaus to delay signature until the last moment now becomes even more significant. Even if the Irish vote Yes to Lisbon in a second referendum this autumn the fact that Cameron yesterday pledged to hold a British Referendum on the Treaty if it had yet to be ratified upon a Tory election victory gives President Klaus (and indeed the Polish President) every justification to withhold his signature from the Constitutional Treaty that neuters 27 Parliaments across the EU. This has also been posted to Teetering Tories.

President Klaus and the June EU Summit

This first rate blog on the EU remains a brilliant exception to the general downgrading of reporting from the Telegraph group. The linked report advises that President Vaclav Klaus, the Czech President, will after weeks of mixed reports, now probably chair the 18th June EU summit, BUT that the main item, Ireland's guarantees ahead of their second EU Lisbon Treaty referendum, will be deferred until July.

President Klaus might still chair June EU Council

This blog reported from the federalist and EU insider source Euractiv, here, that the deal to allow a faceless bureaucrat to take over as Prime Minister in the Czech Republic included the understanding that President Klaus would Chair the EU's June summit that will thrash out the terms for the Irish Second Referendum Re-considerations! I quote from Euractiv and my earlier post of 10th April: The deal also appears to allow eurosceptic President Václav Klaus to chair the June EU summit, where Ireland is expected to report on plans to hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Subsequently this appeared to be denied as the federalists got cold feet, reported here, now on his FT blog, Tony Barber in Brussels (no, not the disastrous former Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Chairman of Standard & Chartered Bank if I recall, oh the boom and busts of years gone by, I remember he too kept spending like an idiot as the economy crashed under traitor Heath!) writes that President Klaus might indeed Chair the June meeting and anticipates fireworks, read here. Mr Barber's blog seems to carry a hint that he might be prepared to depart from his newspaper's normal policy that everything to do with the EU is automatically sacred as if blessed by one on high.... well done Sir! Imagine if the editorial policy makers of the FT engaged their brains and saw the obvious that the EU ne marche pas!, AND that President Klaus is the sole sane leader amongst the 27!