Pressure on Czechs and Poles not to say ‘no’ to EU treaty too
'Fears that Eastern European countries are preparing to follow Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon treaty have increased tensions before today’s Brussels summit, where EU leaders hope to rescue the document — or at least keep it alive.
The Continent’s leaders are refusing to accept that the treaty is dead, despite the dramatic Irish referendum rejection last week, and are determined to persuade the Czechs and the Poles, seen as the two most likely to suspend ratification, to complete the process.'
