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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9816

13 January 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/treaty of lisbon
Dublin looking into partial defence “opt-out” - New anti-Lisbon Party in Czech Republic

Brussels, 12/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Irish government is planning to withdraw from a number of elements of the European Defence Policy (ESDP) in order to increase its chances of pushing the Lisbon Treaty through at a second referendum likely to take place in September or October of this year. Fears that the new EU treaty could affect the neutrality of their country appear to have led many Irish citizens to vote against the Lisbon Treaty at the initial referendum, held in June 2008....

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