Lisbon Treaty Will Come Into Force From December 1st 2009

Vaclav Klaus has reluctantly become the 27th, and final, European head of state to sign the Lisbon Treaty. His ratification has begun a fast-tracked program to implement the treaty from December the 1st of this year. This means that the European Union must now advertise, interview and hire people for some of the most important positions which will effect the lives of the almost 500 million people who live within the EU's borders, in the next few weeks. Why the rush? Or are these people already pre-chosen by friends within the parliament? And should the process be more transparent and public, with the public themselves having a role in the choosing of these people?

November.05.2009 - George Valentine Corr, Blatant News Editor
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THE 2009 CZECH RATIFICATION OF THE LISBON TREATY
Eurosceptic Czech Republic president, Vaclav Klaus, signed the Lisbon Treaty into law last weekend, thus adding the final necessary signature for the impending 'European Constitution'. It is being advertised as a bill which will streamline the governance of the EU, and centralise some of the big decision making, but the way in which it has been enforced - by a few hundred politicians in each country, and without a clear explanation of it's contents and consequences - will leave a paranoid taste in many people's mouths the length and breadth of this continent. A group of Czech eurosceptic Senators mounted a final challenge in the countries Supreme Court, trying to prove that the treaty was in conflict with the Czech constitution, but the court decided that the assurances which were given to the people of Ireland before the 2009 Irish Lisbon Treaty referendum, were enough to allay any fears relating to sovereignty issues which were being debated. Klaus has now given up, signed the treaty, but issued a parting shot by saying... "I had expected the court ruling and I respect it, although I fundamentally disagree with its content and justification... I signed the Lisbon Treaty today at 1500".

WHAT NEXT?
In the long term the only real obstacle would have been a possible Lisbon Treaty referendum by the UK's public if David Cameron's Conservative Party were voted into power in the countries 2010 general election, as expected, but he has dismissed any hope of allowing the public in his country to vote on the issue in some statements he has made this week. He has basically said that it will already be legal and operational by that time, so a referendum might piss Brussels off a little too much. So this really is all about the short term, and the emphasis is currently on the appointment of the soon-to-be two most powerful men/women in Europe. Along with a new European Commission - the EU's unelected executive branch, consisting of a commissioner from each of the super-state's 27 nations - the posts of EU President and Foreign Affairs Representative will be filled in a series of secretive backroom meetings by our governments.

WHAT IS THE LISBON TREATY ALL ABOUT?
They want to get the ball rolling by December the 1st - if reports emanating from Brussels and Strasbourg are to be believed - so this is almost upon us, and by this time next year we will surely have had a real taste of why this treaty was so necessary for the elite. Now the US will have just one person to deal with in public - the new EU president - and in private, they will only need the support of the EU Foreign Affairs Minister to start another Iraq war, if they are short of oil. He/She will have control over European Union foreign policy and security, so this position is most probably more important than the presidency itself in the long term. I believe we will rue this day at some point in the near future, but we will be helpless to do anything about it.

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