Senate Says "YES" to the Lisbon Treaty

After more than 7 hours we now know the result - the Czech Senate says YES to the Lisbon treaty. By that the second hurdle is beaten - the first one was YES declared in February 2009 by the Chamber of Deputies. In the Senate there is more euroskeptics, but the YES was declared quite clearly by 54 in favour, 20 against and 5 abstained. Although the Lisbon treaty was approved by both Chambers of the Parliament, there is still place for doubt and speculation, because in the Senate, the euroskeptic ODS has a majority.