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Article: Polish MPs calls on president to ratify Lisbon Treaty
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- January 23, 2009
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Polish MPs calls on president to ratify Lisbon Treaty
WARSAW, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Polish Sejm (Lower House of
Parliament) passed a resolution on Friday calling for speedy signing
of the Lisbon Treaty by President Lech Kaczynski.
The resolution was backed by 256 MPs, 147 were against. During
the discussion, the Law and Justice (PiS) parliamentary club spoke
against the passing of the resolution, according to Polish news
agency PAP.
In the document, Sejm turned to the president to take into
consideration the will of both chambers of Parliament for quickest
possible conclusion of the process of ratification of the Treaty and
for active support of its ratification by remaining EU ...