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Thu 10 Oct 2009Klaus to sign Lisbon if granted opt-out
CZECH PRESIDENT Vaclav Klaus has promised to sign the Lisbon Treaty if EU leaders grant his country an opt-out from the charter of fundamental rights at a summit in Brussels today.
Mr Klaus, who will not attend the two-day summit, gave the assurance to Czech prime minister Jan Fischer at a meeting yesterday in Prague.
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