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Fri 05 May 2009Crisis likely to favour Lisbon Yes - Barroso
EUROPEAN COMMISSION president José Manuel Barroso has said the economic crisis gripping Ireland was likely to make people vote Yes in a second Lisbon referendum.
At an employment summit in Prague yesterday, he said the Lisbon Treaty and further EU integration would provide a more social Europe that could help tackle unemployment.
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