Sarkozy says EU Treaty Needs No Renegotiation - by Helene Fouquet
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the Lisbon Treaty to overhaul European Union institutions should not be renegotiated after Irish voters rejected the treaty, the Irish Times newspaper reported today, citing an interview. Sarkozy, who holds the rotating presidency of the EU, will visit Ireland on July 21. He said Europe must resolve the crisis ``several months'' before the June EU parliamentary elections and the Commission's renewal later next year, the newspaper said.
Europe needs Ireland and Ireland needs Europe, Sarkozy told the newspaper. The French leader said the EU's executive arm, the Commission, under the Lisbon Treaty, could keep one commissioner for each of the 27 member states until at least 2014 and that this could be discussed as a solution with Ireland, the newspaper said. He said the EU common defense plan would not threaten the Irish neutrality, the Irish Times reported.
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