The last legal block on the Lisbon Treaty has been cleared by the Czech Constitutional Court. Skip related content
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The move puts pressure on the country's Eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus to sign the document as quickly as possible, completing ratification.
His signature is the last formal step needed to finish the pact's approval in the Czech Republic.
The Treaty, aimed at boosting Europe's role in global foreign affairs, must be ratified in all 27 countries of the union to become valid.
The question now is whether President Klaus will complete the last act in the Treaty's passage into law and sign a document already approved in every other member state, or find another delaying tactic.
European Union leaders hope that he will sign it within days, allowing work on putting the document into force to begin.
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