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Article: NEGOTIATIONS on solving the Lisbon Treaty debacle will go "down to the wire" in the climax to next week's crunch EU summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin warned yesterday.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- December 3, 2008
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Treaty talks will go down to the wire, says Martin
NEGOTIATIONS on solving the Lisbon Treaty debacle will go "down to the wire" in the climax to next week's crunch EU summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin warned yesterday.
As Taoiseach Brian Cowen leaves today for a series of meetings in Luxembourg, Berlin, London and Paris, Mr Martin said the Government had entered an "intensive phase of negotiations and discussions" with European leaders on the treaty impasse.
Mr Cowen will meet with European heavy-hitters ahead of the EU summit, and will set out his approach to solving the crisis. In a three-day tour, Mr Cowen will meet Angela ...