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Wed 11 Nov 2008Latvian president urges new Lisbon vote
THE PRESIDENT of Latvia has asked for the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty to be put to the Irish public again and is calling on the rest of the EU to be patient while this is done.
Speaking during a visit to Limerick yesterday, President Valdis Zatlers spoke about the strength of European unity and thanked Ireland for the warm welcome it had given to the thousands of Latvian people who had come to live here.
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