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Ireland takes a gamble on new Lisbon vote
Dec 11 2008, Steven

The Irish Government will today announce that it is to re-run the referendum it lost in the summer on the Lisbon treaty – provided that a raft of concessions are attached to Europe’s next treaty. Pledging to pass the treaty by the end of next year is...

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