Brussels, 18/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in the General Affairs Council on 18 May, held a brief debate in preparation for the European Council of 18-19 June.
With regard to the Lisbon Treaty, Irish European Affairs Minister Dick Roche stressed the need for a formal agreement in June on the “legal guarantees” on the Lisbon Treaty which the December European Council promised Dublin. These guarantees must be “legal and robust” because “the outcome of the...