EU Politicians try to rescue Lisbon Treaty

he Lisbon Treaty to reform the European Union is dead after the Irish "no" vote in last weeks referendum. This thought is spreading into European capitals. The Czech republic president Vaclav Klaus said in reaction to the "no" vote "The project is over in its entirety. It makes no sense to continue the ratification of a dead document."

French president Nicolas Sarkozy will today go to Prague to rescue the Czech ratification of the Treaty.

But there are more defectors emerging. Prime minister Brown of the United Kingdom is in doubt too. The House of Lords will decide this week on a Treaty bill in the UK. The opposition leader David Cameron calls for a referendum in Britain. Which would mean the definitive end to EU reform in the coming decades.

• Sarkozy heads to Prague for emergency EU treaty talks EU Observer
• EU referendum: Czech president says Lisbon Treaty project is over Telegraph
• Brown left sweating over EU treaty: analysts AFP
• Eyes turn on Czechs at 'crisis' Council EurActive
• EU leaders scramble to solve treaty crisis FT.com
• Q&A: Ireland's referendum on the EU reform treaty The Guardian
• La "crise permanente" de l'UE décortiquée par la presse européenne Le Monde
  

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