Barroso Urges Ireland to Schedule Lisbon Treaty Vote
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Channel: Rapporteur News · 2009 · News & Politics
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, on Tuesday called on the Irish government to finally go ahead and schedule a date for the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Ireland has pledged earlier that it will hold such a vote before the end of October. He made this statements in a press conference after a meeting with Jan Fischer, Czech Primer Minister and President-in-office of the Council, where they prepared the contents of the June European Council.
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