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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9925

20 June 2009
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (eu) eu/european council
Having obtained hoped-for guarantees over Lisbon Treaty, Brian Cowen is optimistic for new referendum

Brussels, 19/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 19 June, the European Council formally approved the "legal guarantees" which Ireland had called for (and already obtained in principle in December 2008) in order to be able to convene a further referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. After the "no" vote of June 2008, the path is now free for a further popular consultation, but Prime Minister Brian Cowen has not yet set a date, going no further for the time being than to state that it will take...

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