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France Refuses any EU Treaty Revision
by Rob Walker | June 17, 2008 at 10:43 am | 103 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations
Ireland may have voted no for the Lisbon Treaty, but France is now saying they won't consider revising any signed treaties.
This throws the process into a standstill, as both countries attempt to find equal footing.
Read Previous NowPublic coverage on the Lisbon Treaty here.
Jean-Pierre Jouyet was presenting France's plans for its six-month presidency of the EU, which starts next month, to the French Senate.Mr Jouyet said there was broad agreement in the EU that ratification of the Lisbon Treaty should continue.
"One thing is certain - we won't start drafting a new treaty," he said.
"Europe didn't come to a halt on 13 June," when the Republic of Ireland's No vote on Lisbon was announced, he told the upper house of parliament on Tuesday.
June 17, 2008 at 10:43 am by Rob Walker, 103 views, 2 comments
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at 10:45 on June 17th, 2008
Rob Walker, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 00:53 on June 22nd, 2008
In Dublin at the count of the referendum over the Lisbon treaty the yes side had to explaine to the reporters "what went wrong". The truth is that the people does not want a United States of Europe.
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