Klaus agrees on Lisbon opt-out

Czech President Vaclav Klaus said today he was pleased with the wording agreed by European Union leaders on an opt-out clause in the bloc's reform treaty and would raise no further conditions.

"With satisfaction, I have accepted the decision of the Brussels European Union summit... that the Czech Republic receives a significant exemption from the Lisbon Treaty," Klaus said in a statement.

"I consider the achieved result as the maximum possible, and I am not going to raise any further conditions for the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty."