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Wed 05 May 2009Czech senate approves Lisbon
The approval today of the Lisbon Treaty by the Czech upper house of parliament means there are now "very good prospects" for its approval in a second Irish referendum, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said.
But Czech president Vaclav Klaus said he would not ratify the treaty after its approval by the senate today, raising a new obstacle to the plan to streamline the way the European Union functions.
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