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Tue 10 Oct 2009Ireland's Yes allows treaty face final Czech hurdle
ANALYSIS:Our approval of Lisbon may have saved more than just the treaty – perhaps the entire EU, writes GAVIN BARRETT
THE POTENTIAL significance for Europe of Ireland’s Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum may not yet be fully understood by all. It is truly monumental. If the Lisbon Treaty now comes into force, the Irish electorate’s rethink will have rescued the viability of European unity, in all probability for a generation.
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