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Sat 06 Jun 2008Germany and France increase pressure on Cowen
GERMANY AND France have warned they will block any further EU enlargement until the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, heaping extra pressure on the Government to run a second referendum on the treaty.
The announcement by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel, who both oppose Turkey's bid to join the union, could affect Croatia, which is scheduled to join in 2010.
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