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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9713

30 July 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
Jean-Claude Juncker warns against another Irish referendum in spring 2009

Brussels, 29/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Luxembourg prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, does not think that the Lisbon Treaty, rejected by the Irish on 12 June last, can enter into force in time for the June 2009 European elections. In an interview with the Austrian newspaper, Kurier, on 26 July, Mr Juncker affirmed that, “my interpretation of the situation tells me that the Lisbon Treaty will not be in force by the time of the European elections in the middle of 2009”. Mr Juncker...

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