Lisbon Treaty is "Alive" - Barroso
The European Union's planned Lisbon Treaty is still alive and countries should press ahead with ratifying it despite a "No" vote in Ireland, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday. Barroso said Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen should present ideas on the way forward at a summit in Brussels starting next Thursday so that the 27 EU leaders can take "joint decisions" during the two-day meeting. "The 'No' vote in Ireland has not solved the problems which the Lisbon Treaty is designed to solve.... The European Commission believes that the remaining ratifications should continue to take their course," Barroso told a news conference. "As far as I understood also from my conversation to Prime Minister Cowen, he also believes that the treaty is not dead. I believe the treaty is alive and we should now try to find a solution," he added, noting that 18 of the EU's 27 states had already endorsed it. snip http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAL1381806920080613 Got to admire his tenacity really.
The European Union's planned Lisbon Treaty is still alive and countries should press ahead with ratifying it despite a "No" vote in Ireland, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday. Barroso said Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen should present ideas on the way forward at a summit in Brussels starting next Thursday so that the 27 EU leaders can take "joint decisions" during the two-day meeting. "The 'No' vote in Ireland has not solved the problems which the Lisbon Treaty is designed to solve.... The European Commission believes that the remaining ratifications should continue to take their course," Barroso told a news conference. "As far as I understood also from my conversation to Prime Minister Cowen, he also believes that the treaty is not dead. I believe the treaty is alive and we should now try to find a solution," he added, noting that 18 of the EU's 27 states had already endorsed it. snip http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAL1381806920080613 Got to admire his tenacity really.