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Thu 06 Jun 2009Clarified Lisbon Treaty the very same
OPINION:Nothing of substance happened at last week’s Council of Ministers discussions in Brussels on the Lisbon Treaty, writes AENGUS Ó SNODAIGH
YES, WE have an “international agreement” on neutrality, taxation and ethical issues to be lodged at the United Nations. Yes, we have the “promise” of a protocol on these same issues to be attached to a future accession treaty, for a country and on a date yet to be decided. And yes, we have a “solemn declaration” on workers’ rights.
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