Postitive agreement on Telecoms package

Last night, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the Telecoms package. The agreement means that internet users cannot be cut of from the internet without a fair and impartial procedure.

The Telecoms package has been much discussed and debated, and I am glad that the Parliament and the Council managed to reach an agreement in a positive and constructive atmosphere yesterday. The Telecoms Package will lead to more and better consumer services as well as to better prices, protection against spam, increased access to the internet for disabled people and better premises for investments in new networks.

Treaty finally ratified!

At a press conference just minutes ago, Czech President Vaclav Klaus announced that he signed the Lisbon Treaty at 3 o’clock this afternoon. This is very good news! This means that all 27 Member States have now ratified the Treaty.

It has been a long trip, but the Lisbon Treaty is now most probably due to enter into force on 1 December. With the Treaty as an important tool, we now begin the trip of making the European more democratic, while increasing transparency and speeding up the decision-making process in a number of key areas.

Ok from court in Brno

I just received the message that the constitutional court in Brno have dismissed the complaint by the 17 senators regarding the Lissbon Treaty. That is very good news and thereby there are no legal or constitutional obstacles for President Klaus to sign. I hope he will very soon.