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Article: 1st LD Writethru: Ireland to hold second referendum on Lisbon Treaty next year
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- December 11, 2008
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1st LD Writethru: Ireland to hold second referendum on Lisbon
Treaty next year
BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Ireland will hold a second
referendum on the Lisbon Treaty next year, according to a draft
statement of the European Union (EU) summit convening Thursday and
Friday.
The document says EU leaders will yield to a demand from Irish
voters that the country have one national on the European
Commission.
Other concerns of Irish voters, including Ireland's military
neutrality, its opposition to abortion, national rights on taxation,
will also be dealt with, it says.
"The European Council (of leaders) agrees that, provided the
Lisbon Treaty enters into force, a decision will be taken, in ...