Czech govt agrees with Ireland´s protocol to Lisbon Treaty

The Czech government on Wednesday agreed with Ireland´s protocol to the Lisbon Treaty on certain guarantees, a source well-versed in the government meeting has told CTK. In 2008, Ireland rejected the Lisbon Treaty, regulating the rules of the EU´s functioning, in a referendum. The Irish approved the document only in a repeated referendum held in October 2009, under the Czech Republic´s EU presidency, after the EU member states pledged to provide certain guarantees for Ireland.