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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9741

17 September 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
European Commission does not appear to believe solution to Irish problem is possible before end of 2009 or beginning of 2010

Brussels, 16/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Hopes for resolving the Irish problem on the Lisbon treaty through another referendum in spring 2009 and therefore ensuring its entry into force before the European elections next June, are almost zero (EUROPE 9738). Even the European Commission, committed defender of the new treaty, appears resigned to this. According to a particularly well-informed source, the Commission no longer expects a definitive solution to the institutional impasse before the...

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