pondělí 31. března 2008

EU hostage in Central Europe

It is a war without deads, without smoke and without rockets. But it is tough, because it is about the future. Lisbon Treaty has now being ratified in parliaments of Central European countries. Treaty is only re-dressed former euroconstitution against which there was such a big defiance.
Defiance is still firm. Polish Sejm will decide about treaty after a long quarrell between prime minister and president whose peak was at weekend five hours meeting on the beach of Baltic Sea.
The core of the problem was mainly fight between political parties: oposition conservative Law and Justice party was under cover of defense of national interests and Christian character of society seeking some points to gain. Party has inside problems and very low support in pools. But it almost crashed, was almost split and president (brother of head of the party) made possible to get out of the clash with honesty.
Polish problem with Lisbon Treaty started to gain attention abroad. And similarly, Europe starts to watch closely Slovakia, where Lisbon Treaty also has became core of the clash between government and opposition. Right wing opposition has took Treaty, which needs to be passed with constitutional majority, as hostage in debate about new press law. Leftwing and nationalist governing coalition wants to pacify unfriendly press by new law.
Now it looks that prime minister Robert Fico will let parliament to vote on Lisbon Treaty, it will not pass by five votes and all ratification process in EU will get into trouble. Maybe he appeals to european consciousness of rightwing politicians, who - while being in government for eight years - turned Slovakia from semiautocracy of government of Vladimir Mečiar in 1990s to european path. And now they could feel a bit stupid to be blamed of paneuropean trouble.
But at the same time, new prees law is also a big problem, because it dictates unprecedently wide right for the answer for poiticians in newspapers. Really, it is very awkward decision.
Czech eurosceptics are using majority of rightwing conservative ODS party in Senate to test Lisbon Treaty at Constitutional Court. Its Charter of fundamental rights is - according to Czech and also Polish defenders of national rights - restricting national sovereignty.
Therefore, what is European union for Centraleuropeans? Cashmachine full of money, source of nonsensical orders and laws or secretly built centralized eurostate?
The only ones with clear position are Hungarians. They had ratified Lisbon Treaty as the first EU member state already in December of last year, just few days after it was signed.

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