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Wed 02 Feb 2010Economy key in Lisbon Treaty vote, says Martin
A PERCEIVED link between Ireland’s economic prospects and a Yes vote on the Lisbon Treaty was a major factor in the second referendum, according to research commissioned by the Government.
Speaking at Dublin’s Institute of International and European Affairs yesterday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said preliminary research also suggested that legal guarantees secured by the Government after the initial rejection of the treaty, and the agreement to allow all member states retain a commissioner were significant factors in the second vote.
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