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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-05-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Parliament's new role and responsibilities in implementing the Lisbon Treaty - Institutional balance of the European Union - Relations between the European Parliament and national parliaments under the Treaty of Lisbon - Financial aspects of the Lisbon Treaty - Implementation of the citizens' initiative (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"cs"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090506.41.3-451"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-05-06-Speech-3-4522
lpv:speaker	lp:Libor Rouček2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Česká strana sociálně demokratická (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, as a Memberfrom the Czech Republic, I am delighted that today, as we are discussing the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon, the Czech Senate has approved the Treaty of Lisbon with an huge majority of 54 to 20 votes. It has thus expressed the will of the Czech people to have the Treaty of Lisbon in place. This particular will has already been expressed by the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament, the House of Deputies. At the same time, however, the President of the Republic is questioning the will of the people, the view clearly expressed by the House of Deputies and the Senate. Václav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, has said: ‘I must express my disappointment that some of the senators, following unprecedented levels of political and media pressure, both at home and abroad, have abandoned their earlier publicly held views – thus surrendering their political and civic integrity – and have given their consent to the Treaty of Lisbon. They have turned their backs on the long-term interests of the Czech Republic, which have been subordinated to their own interests and to the short-term interests of current politicians. This provides very gloomy evidence of yet another failure on the part of a major section of our political elite. I will now wait to see if a group of senators some of whom have already announced their intention of doing so asks the Constitutional Court for another review of the Treaty of Lisbon in relation to our constitution. If this happens, I will not be considering my own decision over the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon until the Constitutional Court has issued its judgement.’ We are here to discuss the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the development of the European Union’s institutional balance. However, I think we should also discuss here – and this should be done by Czech deputies and senators as well – the institutional balance in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy. In spite of this, the Czech Republic has a President who does not respect the will of the House of Deputies, who does not respect the will of the Senate, and who acts like an absolutist monarch or dictator from the country he criticises so much and recalls so often, which is to say the former Soviet Union. There is much to say to our Eurosceptics on the state of democracy in Europe, on the state of democracy in our country and on the behaviour of the President whom you admire so much."@en1
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