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Mon 05 May 2008What is the Lisbon Treaty?: Lisbon explained: part
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In the first article in a new series, the issues surrounding the Lisbon Treaty, due to be voted on in the upcoming referendum, are explained.
IT TOOK six years of tough negotiations for EU states to agree how to reform the union. The final phase of this journey saw the Lisbon Treaty signed by all 27 EU heads of state at the Jerónimos monastery in Lisbon last December.
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