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Fri 11 Nov 2009Lisbon passed due to 'economic crisis'
THE KEY factor in persuading the Irish electorate to ratify the Lisbon Treaty in the second referendum was a sense of vulnerability arising out of the economic crisis, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said in Dublin yesterday.
“The key theme to emerge in the research was the sense of economic vulnerability,” the Minister told the annual international affairs conference at the Royal Irish Academy.
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