Polish President Lech Kaczynski at noon on Saturday (10 October) signed the Lisbon Treaty at a ceremony in Warsaw.

After making the EU wait for 557 days since the Polish parliament passed the treaty and in full view of foreign VIPs and TV cameras, Mr Kaczynski’s first pen failed to write, forcing him to ask for a new one.

60 Polish MPs have signed a petition to send the treaty to the Polish Constitutional Tribunal to see if it is compatible with national law.

The Czech president Vaclav Klaus voiced anger that Sweden’s Mr Reinfeldt forced him to unveil his Lisbon challenge earlier than he wanted, by revealing the contents of their phone conversation on Thursday to journalists.

from EUobserver