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Wed 09 Sep 2009Fresh challenge to Lisbon could be 'explosive'
GERMAN COURT:A LEADING German constitutional lawyer has warned that Berlin’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty could have an “explosive” effect on its future relationship with the European Union.
Prof Dietrich Murswiek, of the University of Freiburg, was commenting on a fresh constitutional challenge to the treaty that could delay Berlin’s ratification until after Ireland’s referendum next month.
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