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Article: EU summit approves legal guarantees for Ireland on Lisbon Treaty
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- June 19, 2009
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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 ...