Today the Czech Constitutional Court rendered its much awaited decision on the relationship between the Czech constitution and the Lisbon Treaty. The Court decided that “[t]he Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and Treaty on establishing the European Community and Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union are not in conflict with the constitutional order.” The Treaty will now be handed over to the Czech parliament that will have to vote on whether or not the Treaty should be ratified. Following last weeks approval of the Lisbon Treaty by the Swedish parliament (we reported earlier), the Treaty would –…
