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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9597
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty

France becomes fifth country to ratify new Treaty

Brussels, 07/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - France, which, in a referendum in 2005, rejected the draft European Constitution, was, on Thursday evening, about to become the fifth EU member state (after Hungary, Slovenia, Malta and Romania) to ratify the Lisbon Treaty in parliament. On 7 February, the National Assembly adopted the Bill authorising the ratification by an overwhelming majority of 336 to 52. The French Senate was to discuss the Bill during the night of Thursday into Friday 8 February....

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