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Tue 10 Oct 2008Lisbon will not pass in time for EU elections
EU:THE GOVERNMENT will tell EU leaders at a summit next week that it will not be able to ratify the Lisbon Treaty before the European elections next June.
The decision means the elections will be held under the Nice Treaty rules reducing the number of MEPs that can be elected to the European Parliament in 12 countries. Instead of the 751 MEPs envisaged under Lisbon, Nice stipulates that 736 MEPs can be elected.
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