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• 03 Jul 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

  lisbon-treaty ireland referenda

  • The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 was a bill introduced by the Government of Ireland in 2008 to amend the Constitution of Ireland in order to enable ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon (also known as the Reform Treaty) of the European Union, so it could be enacted as scheduled on 1 January 2009. As part of the enactment of the bill, a referendum was held on 12 June 2008.^[1] The proposal was defeated by 53.4% of votes to 46.6%, with a turn out of 53.1%.^[2]

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