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Sat 06 Jun 2007Treaty changes are only presentational
The revision of the proposed EU "constitutional" treaty which was negotiated a week ago in Brussels was christened the "Reform Treaty" by the Irish delegation to the negotiations - and this new name has now been formally adopted by the Union, writes Garret FitzGerald.
Although no one in authority has yet explained just what provisions of this treaty would impinge on our sovereignty in such a way as to necessitate a constitutional referendum, it now looks as if Ireland may be the only state which will feel it necessary to ratify the Reform Treaty by referendum.
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