Czechs set October 27 court date for EU treaty

PRAGUE: The Czech Constitutional Court will hold a hearing on October 27 on a challenge that has been delaying ratification of the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, a spokesman said.

The Czechs are the last holdouts among the EU's 27 members who have not ratified the treaty, and the court challenge brought by a group of Euro-skeptic senators is one of two key stumbling blocks on the path to ratification.

The other obstacle is President Vaclav Klaus.