Article: EU summit approves legal guarantees for Ireland on Lisbon Treaty

EU summit approves legal guarantees for Ireland on Lisbon Treaty

BRUSSELS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) approved here Friday legally binding guarantees for Ireland on Lisbon Treaty.

In a press conference after a two-day summit, European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso said that the Irish people got "all the assurances they need."

"This decision gives legal guarantees that certain matters of concern to the Irish people will be unaffected by the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon," said a conclusion document of the summit.

The guarantees would not lead to the re-opening of the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty in ...

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