"It is hypothetical.
In view of that the ODS group (of deputies) has 81 members and I think Czech PM Topolanek dismisses abuse of power allegations ...
Brussels Gloomy as Irish Say 'No' to the EU Reform Treaty ...
Czech Prime Minister meets Berlusconi during Italian holiday ... that I know opinions of most of them, it is very difficult for me to imagine that the deputies, or ODS senators, would vote for the Lisbon treaty if the ratification of the treaty with the United States failed," Toplanek said on Radio Cesko. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Czech counterpart, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, signed the main treaty on stationing the radar base on Czech soil in Prague on Tuesday. Topolanek said "it is not entirely acceptable to connect it like this. But for the deputies who can make a free choice, it can be a certain aspect that will play a role in the decision-making." To take effect, the treaty must be ratified by Czech parliament and signed by the president. Support for it particularly in the lower house is, however, uncertain. It is rejected by the opposition and also by some government Green Party deputies. The Lisbon treaty, which Topolanek signed for the Czech Republic, is opposed by some deputies from his party, the ODS. It was on their initiative that the Senate sent the treaty to the Constitutional Court to check whether it is in harmony with the Czech Constitution.
(Ceske Noviny)
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