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Czech arms maker admits mistake in police pistols delivery ... Europol is to be re-established as a European Union body with strengthened powers.
This is envisioned by the EU reform Lisbon treaty that has not yet taken effect. "The Lisbon treaty was to legalise further powers for the European Union, but it has not taken effect due to the Irish referendum that rejected it," the Presidential Office said. The Czech government approved the end of the validity of the treaty on Europol on July 2. It recommended that Klaus endorse its decision. "The president considers the government's course questionable both legally and politically, and he has thus decided not to deal with the convention but to transfer the responsibility for this step on to the government. Klaus believes this will allow the government to reconsider its position," Klaus's spokesman Radim Ochvat said. According to previous information, the EU Europol is to become one of the European agencies in the future. Its powers will be increased and it will be financed directly from the EU budget.
(Ceske Noviny)
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