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Tue 09 Sep 2009Commission rejects claim that guide broke referendum rules
FUNDING FROM EUROPE:THE EUROPEAN Commission has rejected suggestions from No campaigners that it broke Irish rules on referendum spending after paying €150,000 to insert a guide to the Lisbon Treaty into all Sunday newspapers. The 16-page guide to the treaty is not specifically targeted at Ireland, but was produced for the citizens of all 27 member states, it said.
“The guide to the Lisbon Treaty is a European Commission publication aimed at citizens in all member states. In fact, the guide makes no specific reference to Ireland at all – other than to note the result of the first referendum and the date of the second referendum,” said a commission spokeswoman, who added the EU executive had a duty to inform citizens.
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