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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9650

25 April 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
Portugal and Denmark ratify treaty - Giscard d'Estaing thinks Angela Merkel possible contender for European Council president

Brussels, 24/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Portugal and Denmark have become the 9th and 10th member states to have fully completed the Lisbon Treaty ratification procedure (after Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia). On 23 April, the Portuguese parliament obtained an overwhelming majority to approve the text (three parties on the Left voted against and called for a referendum because they considered the treaty encroached on the country's sovereignty). On...

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