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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9959

21 August 2009
(eu) eu/treaty of lisbon
German political parties reach agreement on accompanying law

Brussels, 20/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - The main political parties in Germany (CDU-CSU, SPD, Liberals and Greens) reached an agreement, on Tuesday 18 August, on the accompanying law which will allow the Treaty of Lisbon to be ratified in line with a ruling of the German Constitutional Court of June this year. On 30 June, this ruling confirmed the compatibility of the Lisbon Treaty with the German constitution, but called for accompanying laws in order to guarantee the rights of the German...