EU casts Irish guarantees on Lisbon 'in iron' - by Judith Crosbie
EU leaders satisfy Irish government's concerns with an agreement that would not alter “a dot or a comma” of the EU's reform treaty. Ireland will hold a referendum in early October on the Lisbon treaty after winning “cast-iron legal guarantees” on issues of concern to the Irish electorate, Brian Cowen, the prime minister said today. The deal was brokered following negotiations with the UK, which accepted that Ireland needed a legally binding protocol on tax, ethical issues and neutrality. As requested by Ireland, all 27 member states will ratify the protocol when they approve the next accession treaty, most likely Croatia's.
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