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Thu 09 Sep 2008Juncker warns State to delay second Lisbon vote
BELGIUM:EUROPE'S LONGEST-SERVING leader has warned the Government not to hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty anytime soon due to the worsening global economic crisis.
Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker has also said next year's European elections will be held under the Nice Treaty as Lisbon will not enter into force until 2010 at the earliest.
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