The first Lisbon Treaty was defeated partly by pro-life voters concerned that the incorporation of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights into EU law via the treaty would eventually compromise our Constitution. Full Article at Independent.ie
Twice, the people have rejected the proposal put to them -- in the Nice and Lisbon treaties -- only to ratify them the second time.• 1972 EC membership: the referendum on EC membership in May 1972 attracted the largest turnout to date in an EU... Full Article at Independent.ie
RotatingIt came as Poland's Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said he expects the European heads of government to press ahead with changes to the Lisbon Treaty when they meet next Friday. Full Article at Independent.ie
We were practically bullied into voting not once but twice on a treaty (Lisbon) that we were told was absolutely necessary just as it was for the future of the EU (Where are the promised jobs?). Full Article at Independent.ie
The successful passage of the Lisbon Treaty means that Greece could opt to leave the European Union if it won majority approval from other member states. Full Article at Independent.ie
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Sky-rocketing inflation, strict capital controls and political-legal battles would create social, political and economic havoc, leading unavoidably to an exit from the EU, owing to the breach of most of the EU rules deriving from the EMU, the Single Market and the Lisbon Treaty
Should a member [of the euro zone] be unable or unwilling to permanently obey the rules connected to the common currency he will be able to voluntarily--according to the rules of the Lisbon Treaty for leaving the European Union--leave the euro zone without leaving the European Union. He would receive th...
The work is in its early stages at the moment because we gave priority in our first year in office to implementing the referendum lock to try to repair the damage down by the [last] government in public trust in the EU by denying the people a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty which they had been promised.
Quotes by Lisbon about European Union
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A group of young people carry a banner with the slogan "We are all Greek" and the figures for youth unemployment in some European Union... View Photo »
Jurgen Kroger, head of a European Union (EU) delegation waits and watches the press conference given by the European Commissioner for Economic... View Photo »
Olli Rehn, the European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, listens to reporter's questions after his meeting with Portuguese... View Photo »
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