Berlin - Czech President Vaclav Klaus has raised his additional demands regarding the Lisbon treaty very late, Ulrich Wilhelm, spokesman for the German government, told journalists today, commenting on Klaus's reluctance to sign the Lisbon treaty due to which the Czech Republic is the last EU member not to have ratified it. Klaus, whose signature under the Lisbon treaty is the last missing, said on Friday he demands an opt-out for Czechs from the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, incorporated in the Lisbon treaty. His step has surprised both Czech and European politicians. Klaus said he fears that the charter might enable German deportees to claim their former property on Czech soil, confiscated from them after World War Two on the basis of the Benes decrees.
Klaus, whose signature under the Lisbon treaty is the last missing, said on Friday he demands an opt-out for Czechs from the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, incorporated in the Lisbon treaty. His step has surprised both Czech and European politicians.
Klaus said he fears that the charter might enable German deportees to claim their former property on Czech soil, confiscated from them after World War Two on the basis of the Benes decrees.
