(CNN) — Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.
The Czech Constitutional court ruled hours earlier that the treaty did not conflict with the country’s constitution, a government spokesman said.
“I respect the decision of the Constitutional Court,” Klaus said in a written statement, though he added he “disagreed” with it and said the court’s analysis was “not neutral.”
However, he concluded, “I signed the Lisbon Treaty at 3 p.m. (1400 GMT).”
The Czech Republic was the last EU nation left to approve the treaty, which could effectively give the EU a president and a foreign minister. Read More
