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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9690

26 June 2008
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Leading figureheads comment on some of Europe's problems

The conference in Brussels on Tuesday by the IFRI think tank on the challenges of the French Presidency provided an opportunity for several European figureheads of various nationalities to freely express their views on the situation in the EU following the Irish “no” on the Lisbon Treaty. I will highlight some of their thoughts and what I feel were important comments.

1. A referendum can “parody democracy” and Ireland didn't have to call one. Philippe de Schoutheete strongly...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SUPPLEMENT