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Article: Bruton calls for return to polls over the Lisbon Treaty; It could be worse: John Bruton.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2008
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FORMER taoiseach John Bruton yesterday called for a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
The current EU ambassador to the United States claimed the Republics influence in Brussels has been weakened since the reform deal was rejected.
Mr Bruton also told an Oireachtas sub-committee discussing the resulting fallout that the U.S. was completely baffled by the No vote.
He said: Id favour a second referendum because a lot of people did say they didnt understand the Treaty. The ex-Fine Gael leader, based in Washington DC, said the timing of a second poll was a matter for those living in the country.
He also called for the Oireachtas to ...