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Irish to vote on EU treaty again as experts warn Britain could
be signed up within a year
Kirsty Walker
UK
Daily Mail
Monday, Dec 08, 2008
Britain could be signed up to a controversial European
Union Constitution within a year, it has emerged.
Ireland - which derailed the so-called Lisbon Treaty
when voters rejected it in June - has been forced into holding
a second referendum on the agreement.
One diplomat said: 'There is still some tweaking to do, but there
is an understanding.'
Critics say that the Treaty is almost identical to the EU Constitution,
rejected by the French and Dutch in 2005.
The EU insists that the document is needed to help ease decision-making
in Brussels, but opponents say it will hand over sovereign powers
to bureaucrats.
All 27 member states must ratify the treaty before it comes into
force.
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Ireland, the Czech Republic and Poland are the only nations which
have not yet agreed to do so. Labour had promised British voters
a referendum on the constitution - but reneged on that when the
document was re-fashioned as a treaty.
This means that UK citizens will not have the opportunity to
vote on whether to adopt the legislation.
Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen will this week confirm that
a new referendum on the Treaty will be held next year.
He will not give a firm date, but experts say that October is
the most likely time.
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