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Fri 10 Oct 2010EU leaders set to revise treaties over euro-zone rescue plan
EU LEADERS early this morning unveiled a deal to reopen the European treaties, after a push by German chancellor Angel Merkel for the creation of a permanent rescue scheme for distressed euro countries.
The agreement to work towards a "limited" treaty revision, less than 11 months after the enactment of the Lisbon pact, raises the prospect of the Government having to decide whether to call another EU referendum.
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