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The search for necessary compromises on the treaty in the first half of next year may eventually rest with the Czech Republic that will hold the rotating EU presidency. The Czechs came into the centre of attention at the summit due to their reserved stand on the treaty. The compromise wording of the EU summit final material was born mainly out of Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's negotiations with several EU leaders, including morning meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy whose country will take on EU presidency on July 1, and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa whose country presides the EU till end-June. Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said in Brussels today he thinks "it would be good for us to ratify the treaty by January 1, 2009 when our EU presidency starts." Czech President Vaclav Klaus, however, said previously the treaty project has ended and that its ratification cannot continue, when he reacted to the Irish "No." Schwarzenberg also said today he hopes the Czech Constitutional Court will announce its verdict early in the autumn so that Czech parliament may take a vote on the treaty in November. "However, the government can never order the court when it is to issue its decision," Schwarzenberg said.
(Ceske Noviny)
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