Klaus said he had not changed his negative stance on the EU reform treaty. "For me there is no point in further discussing it without a change in the Irish result," said Klaus after one-hour talks with his Polish counterpart in Lany chateau, the Czech presidential summer residence. Kaczynski, on his part, said all political events take place in time and exactly Czech president ready to sign police reform legislation ...
EU ministers agree to push ahead with reform treaty ... time and patience are now needed. "The key lies in a change in Ireland's position.
Without Ireland the treaty does not exist. However, Poland will not be an obstacle to its ratification," said Kaczynski, adding he is an optimist about the matter. Klaus pointed out he considers the Lisbon treaty "a mistake, a fault bad for Europe." He, however, added he would not try to impose this stance upon Kaczynski and that his Polish counterpart did not try to persuade him to change his attitude either. The media speculated that Kaczynski would try to persuade Klaus to re-assess his negative attitude to the Lisbon treaty. Asked whether the Irish might change their opinion, Klaus only said the rules should be always valid, both in football and in international referenda. He added he would pay an official visit to Ireland in November that could help in the understanding of the Irish stance. He added his journey had been planned before the Irish "No." Kaczynski's working visit has been for Klaus the first meeting with a foreign statesman since his hip joint surgery in early June. The Lisbon treaty must be ratified by all 27 EU member states to take effect. Twenty-three countries' parliaments, including Polish, have already ratified it. The European leaders agreed at a summit in Brussels in June that the treaty's ratification would continue regardless of the Irish "No." The Czech Republic, one of the EU countries not to have ratified the reform treaty yet, pushed through at the summit a clause, saying that the ratification process in the country would be suspended until the Constitutional Court assesses the treaty's compatibility with Czech law.
(Ceske Noviny)
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