Europe heaves a sigh of relief

"Europe has heaved a sigh of relief", writes the left-leaning daily Právo after the Treaty of Lisbon was declared compatible with the Czech constitution by the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic and signed by President Václav Klaus: "Nevertheless Klaus retained his dismissive attitude and didn't hesitate to rake the Constitutional Court judges over the coals. He insists that the Czech Republic is losing its sovereignty. ... But the fact is that no state has unconditional sovereignty. A state doesn't lose its sovereignty like adolescents their virginity, sovereignty can be renewed by a state decision. ... The opponents are wrong in saying that the development of Europe is uncontrollable and independent of the will of the Czech people. Only when the lawmakers and government give their permission will the state have to divest itself of further elements of its sovereignty."

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