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The European Union now can implement the much-contested Lisbon reform treaty, as the Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who had been against the treaty, has put in his signature. This event took place a day after the Czech Republic gave nod for the treaty saying that it was ‘not at odds’ with the constitution.
The Lisbon Treaty is for the naming of an EU president and foreign policy chief and for ensuring that decisions related to the 27-bloc EU will be taken faster. But the Czech President had shown reluctance for signing the treaty saying that the treaty can harm the Czech Republic.
Klaus, under growing pressure from other European leaders, said he signed the treaty into law only hours after the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court rule that the treaty is legal.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said after the court's verdict, "I hope that (ratification) can be done very soon and I hope that Europe can set aside years of constitutional and institutional debate... and that we can move forward and deal with the main issues that the European Union must now face."
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso also said "no further unnecessary delays should prevent the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty."
