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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9761

15 October 2008
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
European Lisbon treaty “no” vote network launched - two demands need reconciling if it is to be tackled

Finding a balance. How are the heads of state and government going to obtain a balance between two partially contradictory demands regarding the Irish problem? Most of the European Parliament is demanding that ratifications of the Lisbon Treaty are completed before the next European elections (in practice, in March or later), without which, any pro-European election campaign will collapse before it even begins. The majority of member states are, on the other hand, more sensitive about the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS