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The EU's new Lisbon Treaty was officially signed in the Portuguese capital in December 2007 (Photo: Portuguese EU Presidency)

EU officials to begin work on treaty

EU diplomats are to start work in the coming days on clearing up the loose ends in the new EU treaty so that it can come into force without any technical glitches once it has been ratified.

An internal document circulated by Slovenia, the current holder of the EU presidency, and seen by EUobserver sets out 33 areas that need to be examined this year if the treaty is to come into force on 1 January 2009 as planned.

The document says it takes into account "the legimate concerns of t...

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The EU's new Lisbon Treaty was officially signed in the Portuguese capital in December 2007 (Photo: Portuguese EU Presidency)

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