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Article: EU leaders postpone decision on Lisbon Treaty
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- June 20, 2008
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EU leaders postpone decision on Lisbon Treaty
BRUSSELS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders decided
on Friday to postpone a decision on the Lisbon Treaty following the
Irish "no" vote and to recognize the difficulty faced by the Czech
Republic in its ratification process.
At their two-day summit here, EU heads of state agreed that they
will revisit this issue when they meet again in October.
"The European Council (of heads of state and government) agreed
that more time was needed to analyze the situation," reads the final
declaration of the summit.
They expressed hope that the Irish government would be able to
come up with suggestions regarding what to do next at the October ...