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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9989

2 October 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
“Yes” vote expected to win in Irish referendum on Friday

Brussels, 01/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - Over three million Irish are to go to the urns on Friday 2 October to state for the second time, by referendum, whether they want the Lisbon Treaty or not. The polling stations will close late in the evening (10.00pm) and vote counting will not begin until the morning of Saturday 3 October. During his last press conference before the ballot, Prime Minister Brian Cowen once again stressed how important this vote was. If the treaty is rejected for a...

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