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(EU) EU/TREATY OF LISBON: Presidency will wait for Irish referendum before starting preparations to appoint President of European Council and HRCFSP

Brussels, 31/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - It is still the hope of the Swedish Presidency that an agreement can be reached on the names of the future stable president of the European Council and of the high representative for the common foreign and security policy (HRCFSP) at the European Council of 29-30 October, but discussions on the identities of the candidates will not be able to start until after the Irish referendum on Treaty of Lisbon on 2 October and, of course, only then if the Irish...