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Ireland will vote on the fiscal compact treaty in a referendum on Thursday (Photo: topgold)

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Ireland will vote on the fiscal compact treaty on Thursday (31 May) amid a strong debate in the country about the exact consequences of a No.

Polls put the Yes camp in the lead (50 percent to 31 percent, with 19 percent still undecided according to a Red C poll conducted between 14 and 16 May).

Ireland is the only member state to put the budget-balancing treaty to a vote, although the result will not affect the process of ratification elsewhere. The German-inspired document goes ...

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Ireland will vote on the fiscal compact treaty in a referendum on Thursday (Photo: topgold)

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