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Article: Roundup: EU postpones decision on Lisbon Treaty, accommodates Czech concerns
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- June 20, 2008
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Roundup: EU postpones decision on Lisbon Treaty, accommodates
Czech concerns
BRUSSELS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders have
decided to postpone a decision on the Lisbon Treaty following the
Irish "No" vote and recognize the difficulty of the Czech Republic
in its ratification.
At their two-day summit, EU leaders agreed that they will revisit
this issue in October when they meet again.
"The European Council (of heads of state and government) agreed
that more time was needed to analyze the situation," reads the final
conclusions of the summit.
They hoped that the Irish government can come up with suggestions
of what to do next at the October summit.
"The European Council ...