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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9697

5 July 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
Cyprus ratifies Treaty

Brussels, 04/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 3 July, the Cypriot parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty, making Cyprus the 20th member of the EU to have completed ratification procedure. Thirty-one Cypriot parliamentarians belonging to DIKO and EDEK (both parties in government) and to the DYSI party (opposition) voted in favour of the new treaty. On the other hand, 18 members of the Communist party (AKEL, the largest party of the government coalition) under Demetris Christofias voted...

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