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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9807

19 December 2008
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Roadmap for Lisbon treaty's entry into force creates number of institutional complications

As part of the three positive results of last week's European Council, the part on the roadmap that ought to lead to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, raises a number of institutional questions that warrant some forethought. The formulas decided upon includes a tangle of complications that will not be easy to undo. I am not referring to the fact that nothing has yet been won (the last word goes to the Irish themselves) but what will happen even if the Irish vote yes. The formula for...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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