Prezydent Republiki Czeskiej w stosunkach zewnętrznych

Abstract

The President of the Czech Republic, functioning as one of the two constitutional organs of the executive power, has acquired significant powers in the sphere of external relations. In addition to the classical powers in the field of active legation (appointing heads of Czech diplomatic missions) and passive legation (receiving representatives of foreign states and international organizations), he has the constitutional right to conclude international agreements (with the possibility of ceding it to the government or government members) and a monopoly on authorization to ratify (and denounce) agreements already concluded. With the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, he acquired in the procedure of a constitutional amendment act (established on 14 November 2002) the authorization to hold a referendum on the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU and to announce the results of this referendum, which created a precedent for the procedure for making decisions on important issues of the Czech state’s membership in the European Union.