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Fri 10 Oct 2008Government to explore Lisbon opt-outs with EU legal service
THE GOVERNMENT has agreed to consult the legal service of the EU's Council of Ministers to explore the type and drafting of opt-outs and declarations that could make the Lisbon Treaty palatable to the Irish public.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen said yesterday he had agreed to a proposal by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to begin talks with the legal service in the run-up to the next EU summit in December.
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