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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9682

14 June 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
Irish 'no' vote sends EU into new institutional crisis - Discussions at European Council - Brian Cowen and Jose Manuel Barroso say treaty is not dead

Brussels, 13/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a referendum on 12 June 2008, the Irish rejected the Lisbon Treaty by 53.4% voting no, according to results announced on Friday afternoon in Dublin. As the EU's institutions are actively preparing for the new treaty to come into force on 1 January 2009, the Irish 'no' vote has sent the EU into a new institutional crisis whose outcome is difficult to predict at this stage. EU foreign ministers will be discussing the situation at the General Affairs...

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