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ALDE calls for end to procrastination on Lisbon Treaty

5.36.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 6th May 2009

Graham Watson MEP (photography: Jackie Frost)

The Czech Senate finally ratified the Lisbon Treaty today by the required 3/5ths majority, but it does not appear to have put an end to the filibustering that is causing a major headache for EU lawyers trying to shed light on the transition this autumn to a new European Commission and Parliament.

Graham Watson, ALDE group leader commented:

"This vote ushers in a second Prague Spring. Vaclav Klaus should now sign the text in blood - and before the June EU summit. What we need now is clarity, not more confusion."

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