The Czech Republic might ratify the new EU treaty that is to reform EU institutions by the end of the year when it could also take effect, Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs Alexandr Vondra said on Sunday.
"We will not artificially delay it," Vondra said in Questions of Vaclav Moravec discussion program on Czech Television (CT).
The government will submit the treaty to both houses of parliament by end-January, he said.
It was speculated in the past that Czechs may be playing for time because they are not interested in a quick ratification. If the treaty started to take effect "too early," it could threaten Czech EU presidency in the first half of 2009.
Vondra said that the cabinet does not think the treaty is not at variance with the Czech constitutional order.
The Constitutional Court should deal with the Fundamental Rights Charter because it is not a direct part of the reform treaty, but the reform treaty refers to it, according to Vondra.
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek also said in December the fulfillment of the charter may be a problem.
Heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) member states signed the Lisbon Treaty in Lisbon last December, which is to replace the European constitution the French and Dutch rejected in referendums.
Source:Xinhua
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