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Court Cases

There are several court cases being carried out throughout Europe against the undemocratic ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty.  For more information click on the links below.

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Read article here: Lisbon Treaty - EU democratic process in question

4 Nov 08 EN More than half of Czechs against Lisbon Treaty

According to the latest poll carried out by STEM, Prague, about 55 percent of Czech population are against Lisbon Treaty and only 25 percent understands its consequences for EU. 45 percent admits they are unlikely to know even the very core of the Treaty. Read more..., v češtině zde...

30 Oct 2008 EN Czech court pospones debate on Lisbon treaty on Klaus's request

The Czech Supreme Court is expected to deliver decision on the Lisbon Treaty on 25 November 2008 instead of 10 Nov as had been announced. The reason being Mr Klaus´s planned visit to Ireland and Saudi Arabia. Read more..., v češtině zde...

30 Oct 2008 EN Call for Videos: Democracy Video Challenge

The Government of the USA has launched a video competition where the winner gets an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, New York and Hollywood. The clip should end with a sentence "Democracy is ...". Submission deadline is 31st January 2009. Read more ...

24 Oct 2008 EN Polish Prezident Kaczynski waiting for Ireland

The ratification process of the Lisbon treaty has been paused in Poland due to Mr. Kaczynski´s waiting for clearing up of the situation in Ireland. Considering it as a break of a promise given in July 2008, Mr. Sarkozy is willing to end the mutual confusion during his official visit to Poland in December this year. Po polsku tutaj..., in English here..., v češtině zde...

22 Oct 2008 EN Czech Supreme Court ready for a verdict  

Czech Constitutional Court officially announced that a verdict on a legal harmony between Czech Constitution and the Lisbon Treaty should be delivered on 10 November 2008. Prime minister Topolanek (Civic Democratic Party) would welcome if the Treaty was ratified by the end of 2008, before  the Czech Presidency starts. Read more..., v češtině zde...

20 Oct 2008 EN Politicians hatch plan to force second vote
A Sunday Times source told the newspaper that plans to force a second vote were discussed during an EP meeting in Paris. Those present at the meetings discussed how to “cuddle and pamper” the Irish while at the same time “making pressures on them”. Politicians want Ireland to believe the EU will respect the country’s sovereignty and demands, while telling the Irish people how the other 495m Europeans are watching them and “will be really angry” if the answer is no again. Read more...

17 Oct 2008 EN IND/DEM Warning Advertisement

Independence/Democracy Group advertises an article on riscs linked to the ratification of the Lisbon treaty in the Czech republic with a special focus on the issue of anti-discrimination article embodied in the Treaty and empowerment of EU Court in Luxembourg. Adressing Czech elected representatives, the article refferes to principles of legitimity and responsivity. Read more in Cz... Čtěte zde...

17 Oct 2008 EN Ireland meets EU lawyers: working on Lisbon opt-outs

Irish government and EU Council legal services are likely to work on opt-outs from the Lisbon treaty, with a special focus on EU military integration, taxation and civil rights. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen pledged to come up with a road map for December EU Summit, however, no solution is likely to be in place by EP elections in Summer 2009. Read here...

14 Oct 2008 EN Mr Sobotka: Brussels far from citizens´reality

Without knowing the Irish position statement there can´t be any debates about ratification of the Lisbon treaty in the Czech republic, says Mr Sobotka, Prezident of the Czech Senate in the interview for Czech Parliament Bulletin. Lisbon treaty ratification might be understood as rushing with a project of a strong Europe, that is feasible in a horizont of 100 or 200 years. Nowadays, EU Member states are hardly ready for being a part of EU superstate, adds Mr. Sobotka. Read more... (in Czech)

30 Sep 2008 EN UK Conservatives pledged Lisbon Treaty referendum  

William Hague, british Shadow Foreign Secretary, declared at the Tories annual conference (held on 28 Sep 08 in Birmingham)  that if the Lisbon Treaty were unratified and on the table at the point the conservatives take office, than a referendum would be run in the UK. Conservative Party leader David Cameron has pledged to run next year's European elections on a promise to hold a referendum. Read more…, v češtině zde...

30 Sep 2008 EN Irish Referendum 2009: Public Debates start now

The Commission will host a series of post-Lisbon debates in Ireland in next weeks to address citizens' concerns, in collaboration with Irish well-known speakers. These include fears that the new treaty would annul the country's traditional neutrality, that Irish soldiers would be conscripted into an EU army, but also a threat to Irish cultural heritage. Read more...

17 Sep 2008 EN Juncker: Lisbon Treaty unlikely to come into effect until 2010

The Lisbon treaty is unlikely to come into effect until January 2010, said Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg´s prime minister, being at the same time the first politician to openly acknowledge the adoption would not take place next year. Mr Juncker and Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Cecilia Malmström both prefer waiting with second popular voting in Ireland: “Given the economic crisis we’re living in, given the confidence that’s lacking, given that governments are increasingly unpopular all over Europe, organising a referendum around a European treaty is a dangerous road to take,“ said Juncker for Le Monde. Read more... , v češtině zde.

11 Sep 2008 - EN Second referendum fixed
An internal Irish EU briefing paper, entitled "The Solution to the Irish Problem", has shown that a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is highly likely. It is now expected that Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in autumn 2009. Read more…

11 Sep 2008 - EN Why the Irish voted no
Research into why the Irish voted no to the Lisbon Treaty has been released today by the Irish government. It shows that lack of information was the number one reason for people voting no. Other reasons included neutrality and corporate tax. Read more…

10 Sep 2008 - EN Czechs need to change constitution to ratify Treaty
The Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has admitted that there may be a possible “disharmony” between the Lisbon Treaty and the Czech constitution. He suggests that to over come this impasse the Czech Republic can either negotiate opt-outs from the treaty, or change the Czech Constitution. Topolánek favours the latter option. Read more…

01 Sep 08 - EN Czech Constitutional Challenge
The Czech Constitutional Court has started a factual legislative inspection of the legislative correspondence Lisabon Treaty - Czech Constitution. According to the Chair of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Rychetsky, the analysis should address 7 articles in question and articles related, not the whole Lisbon Treaty. Once the resolution delivered, it has no status of res judicata and consequently all Czech political institutions still keep right to reopen the case. German and French Constitutional Resolutions were inspiring in this leading case. The Czech quorum is 3/5 of the Constitutional judges, their approach remains unknown so far. A full transcription of the interview please read here in Czech...

28 Aug 08 - EN Cowen Does Not Rule Out Second Referendum
After the recent announcement by the Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche that another referendum will ultimately be required, the Irish Prime Minister has said that another referendum is something that they would coinsider in due course.  Read more...

22 July 2008 - EN The Lisbon Treaty and The Radar-Base Treaty: Interference of politics
The Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek (ODS), foresees a possible interference while ratification of two Treaties that have been recently discussed in the Czech Republic: the Treaty on Anti-missile Radar Base and the Lisbon Treaty. According to a statement he made last week, the possible refusal of the Treaty on American Radar Base could negatively effect the attitude of Czech ODS MPs towards the Lisbon Treaty. A mutual conditioning of Treaties and a joint-decision making process is a logical step. However the opposition party (CSSD) is against the plan set by the ODS, claiming that they avoiding having to deal with the issues of each treaty. The ODS is however not unified on the issue of the Lisbon Treaty. Read more in Czech...

22 July 2008 - EN Irish No Campaigner has big plans for EU elections
Declan Ganley, President of Libertas has revealed his that he is planning to field more than 400 candidates in next June's European Parliament elections. All the MEPs shall stand on just one issue – ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. "We will tell people that Libertas is the box you put your X in if you want to vote 'No' to the Lisbon Treaty. It's clear, it's simple," said Declan Ganley. Read more…

22 July 2008 - EN Sarkozy suggests Irish revote in June 2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested that the Irish hold another referendum on the same day as the European parliamentary elections in June 2009. Sarkozy’s plan is to guarantee of a commissioner for every member state alongside non-legally-binding declarations - not protocols or opt-outs - targeting perceived Irish concerns around abortion and defence, among other issues. Read more...

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