Brussels, 06/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has finally decided to defer presentation of two proposals considered politically sensitive, one on successions and wills and the other on divorce. The European Commission's proposal for a regulation on successions and wills should be presented in mid-October after the Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon (probably 2 October). The proposal, initially expected for March and then for the summer, has finally been put off until 14 October, according to the provisional timetable of the European executive body. During the last Justice and Home Affairs Council, Commissioner Jacques Barrot pointed out that the proposal “would not come up against many obstacles”. The first casting of the text had in fact raised considerable reticence on the part of the Irish and British, hence the interest of awaiting the referendum in Ireland. Furthermore, the Commission is planning to put a proposal forward in early 2010 concerning crossborder divorce (Rome III). For this text, the deadline was postponed until after the supposed entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (EUROPE 9867). There is little likelihood that the proposal will come under Swedish EU Presidency as Sweden was the only country opposed to the text negotiated in the Council. (B.C./transl.jl)