He said nevertheless that the Czech Republic must now wait for the Czech Constitutional Court's decision on the treaty.
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Largest number of children since 1993 born in CzechRep last year ... a reason for anything to be halted," Schwarzenberg answered the question of whether the ratification process should stop following the Irish referendum's "no" last Thursday. "This is a sovereign decision of the Irish people, it has nothing to do with my country's decision," he added. Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who would have to sign the treaty to complete its Czech ratification, however, said on Friday that in his opinion the Irish "no" put an end to the ratification process which can no longer continue. Klaus is among the few European politicians to welcome the Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty embedding EU internal reforms. The Czech Constitutional Court has been assessing the Lisbon treaty at the request of the upper house, on the initiative of the senior ruling Civic Democrats (ODS), a party Klaus is close to, which prefers economic cooperation in Europe to political integration.
(Ceske Noviny)
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