The EU needs strong institutions

Now that Czech President Václav Klaus has signed the Treaty of Lisbon the daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna calls on the EU to set up strong institutions: "The Lisbon Treaty has been adopted. Without it the EU would not only have come to a standstill, it would have gone backwards in its development until it finally dropped out of the major power league. But this Treaty is naturally only the first step. And it must now be filled with new content to give the EU strong institutions. It is no mere coincidence that the US no longer sees Europe as its most important partner. This is above all because the Old Continent has no power to make decisions and its national politicians hold each other back. Washington lacks a partner that speaks with one voice on the other side of the Atlantic."

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