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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9803

13 December 2008
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Lisbon Treaty 'roadmap' for ratification by Ireland is just the start

We are just at the start, not the end, of the process. The outcome of the European Council talks on how to get the Lisbon Treaty into force has got the ball rolling but the important stuff has yet to be achieved, in other words actually getting the treaty up and running. EU heads of state tried to give detailed responses to all types of issues, including some that are frankly less urgent at first sight, like transition measures for the new stable presidency of the European Council and the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE
SUPPLEMENT