Slovakia may also seek an opt-out from part of the Lisbon Treaty if the Czech Republic gets an exemption designed to prevent ethnic Germans expelled after World War II from claiming back their property.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico explained the decision on Czech national TV on Sunday (18 October).

“We will not leave Slovakia in a situation of uncertainty if we feel that one of the seceding countries of former Czechoslovakia has negotiated an exception,” he said. “For us the Benes Decrees are such an important part of the rule of law, that we cannot allow for Slovakia to be left in any kind of legal uncertainty.”

Meanwhile President Klaus shows first signs of fatigue:

“The train has already travelled so fast and so far that I guess it will not be possible to stop it or turn it around, however much we would wish to,” Mr Klaus said, referring to the Lisbon Treaty’s entry into life.

from Euobserver.com

Czech people will not surrender easily. On 27th and 28th of October demonstrations will take place in Prague. Citizens Initative D.O.S.T. will be among the organizers.

The crucial problem of Slovakia’s EU Accession referendum was that citizens were treated in the pre-referendum campaign as if they were a people governed without law. The basic law of the Slovak Republic, its Constitution, was seriously flouted. Lies and misrepresentation in the name of the higher EU good were widely seen as justified.

“Those were the days”

1. Ignorance of the law is no excuse

The Constitution of the Slovak Republic has been seriously undermined during the last referendum. Untruth and ignorance in the name of a higher idea justified all means used. Higher interests defeat the sense of basic human rights. The Constitution guarantees basic rights, such as freedom of thought and conscience, regardless of political or other beliefs. Everyone has the right to publicly express his or her opinion. The Constitution also guarantees the citizens’ right to administer state power through their elected representatives or directly. Citizens have the right to participate in the administration of public affairs either directly or through the free election of their representatives.