16.07.08: Sarkozy -> Ireland will have to vote again - The Diigo Meta page

• 16 Jul 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

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  • French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that Ireland will have to vote once more on the EU treaty, in a move bound to ruffle feathers in Dublin, which has yet to say publicly how it plans to react to last month's treaty rejection.
  • Speculation has been high about the political room for manuoeuvre open to Mr Cowen since Irish voters rejected the treaty on 12 June. Most analysts suggest that Dublin will have to opt for a second vote with France and Germany, in particular, keen to get the document put in place.

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