Property Claims The Reason Of Czech Lisbon Treaty Delay

The president of Czech Republic Mr. Vaclav Klaus today unveiled that it wants guarantees in the EU's Lisbon Treaty that protect his country from the Germany property claims related to the events that took place right after the Second World War. Earlier, after the Irish Yes vote, Klaus had said he will sign the treaty with reservations, but those reservations had not been made public yet.

Today, after the meeting with the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek Klaus the issue emerged to the public.

In Prague, Mr. Klaus sought an exemption from the Charter of Fundamental rights. Poland and UK have achieved that. For UK it means that European laws can't govern the British labor regulations. For Poland the exemption proscribes individual rights such as for homosexual wedlock.

The president of Czech Republic said that property claims by some 3 million Germans who were expelled from Czechoslovakia after the world war "could circumvent the Czech judicial system under the Lisbon Treaty without an exemption." Buzek, on the other hand, said that re-opening the negotiations will be a little bit late and there are costs related to the delay.

The Lisbon Treaty is one of the most important international treaties that were signed by the members of the European Union in 13 December 2007. If the Czech Republic ratifies it, it would have taken nearly two years for the treaty to come into effect, that will change the way the European Union Works.

Written by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ