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UK & Lisbon

Nuravictus · 2009-10-03 15:00:10

So I have a question about the UK and Lisbon Situtation, Basically from what I can see is David Cameron wants to have a public vote but the UK has signed the treaty already. So say the Poland and the Czechs pass the treaty can Cameron still put it to a public vote. I am wondering this cause I watched the EU President get…

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#32 04-10-2009 2:19pm
prinz

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ixtlan wrote: »

I suspect Cameron is hoping it will all be completed before he gets into power.

+1 Come on people, we all the kind of grandstanding opposition parties like to indulge in, making promises they know full well they could never actually keep. The Lisbon Treaty is due to have been fully ratified by 31st December this year. The Polish president has said he will sign, that leaves one man, one man who could potentially be forced to sign or face impeachment. The Constitutional Court in Prague is going to fast track the new appeal because they have already deemed Lisbon fully compatible with the Czech constitution. It's not going to take 6 months.

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#33 04-10-2009 3:44pm
utick

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ixtlan wrote: »

The problem for him if that happens, is that the people will want a vote on any new treaty,
Ix.

i dont see how giving people more of a say in the running of their country is a bad thing

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