⁂ Barroso tries bullying the Czechs, as the Lisbon Treaty is not a priority for them

What a load of rubbish Barroso talks. The procedures for ratifying treaties are clear and nobody has any obligation to anyone else if they decdide that other things are more important than ratifying the wretched Lisbon Treaty which the European public doesn’t want.

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner: Václav Klaus, Cohn-Bendit, Pöttering, Brian Crowley

Excerpts from the meeting between Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, and members of the Conference of the Presidents of the European Parliament, Friday 5 December 2008, Prague Castle:
Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP: I brought you a flag, which - as we heard - you have everywhere here at the Prague Castle. It is the flag [...]