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Fri 06 Jun 2009Wallstrom confident legal guarantees will satisfy all
EUROPEAN COMMISSION vice-president Margot Wallstrom has expressed confidence that a resolution will be found over concerns among some member states that Ireland’s demands for legally binding guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty will reopen debate in their countries.
Ms Wallstrom said she was confident that EU lawyers would be able to find a formulation for the legal guarantees which would satisfy Ireland’s requirements on Lisbon while at the same time satisfying other member states concerned that they might have to re-ratify the treaty.
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