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Fri 06 Jun 2009Most Europeans anti-Lisbon - McCreevy
The European Union's Lisbon reform treaty would have been rejected in most countries had they followed Ireland's example and held a referendum on it last year, EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said today.
Mr McCreevy drew criticism last year for saying just weeks before Ireland's referendum that he had not read the entire treaty and did not expect "any sane, sensible person" to do so in their free time.
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