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Thu 05 May 2009Czech president to delay signing treaty until after Irish vote
THE EUROPEAN Union’s embattled Lisbon Treaty was approved by the Czech Republic’s upper house of parliament yesterday, but arch-Eurosceptic president Vaclav Klaus said he would not sign it into law until after Ireland votes again on the document.
Several of Mr Klaus’s allies from the centre-right Civic Democrat party (ODS) voted against the treaty or abstained from the vote, but it won the long-awaited ballot by 54 votes to 20 in the 81-seat Senate.
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