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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9932

1 July 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/institutions
Swedish Presidency has no fear for Lisbon Treaty after German verdict - in support of vote on Barroso in July

Stockholm, 30/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Swedish EU Presidency to begin on 1 July does not fear that the verdict of the German constitutional court on the Lisbon Treaty (see above) will block or slow down ratification of the new treaty. “My preliminary assessment is that it will not change anything” when it comes to the timetable for ratification or implementation of the treaty, said Carl Bildt, Sweden's Foreign Minister, speaking to a small group of European journalists in Stockholm...

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