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Fri 07 Jul 2008Czech president hopes court will block Lisbon
CZECH REPUBLIC:CZECH PRESIDENT Vaclav Klaus said yesterday that he hoped the EU's Lisbon Treaty would be blocked by his country's constitutional court or upper house of parliament, while the main opposition party said that a missile defence deal with the United States due to be signed next week clashed with the spirit of Lisbon.
Mr Klaus believes the treaty would transfer too much power from governments to Brussels, a change he claims is advocated by new EU presidency-holder France.
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