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According to the EU rule book the situation is clear. The Lisbon Treaty is dead. (Photo: EUobserver)

What next, Europe?

On Thursday and Friday (19 – 20 June) European leaders will meet in Brussels and decide that the remaining ratifications of the Lisbon Treaty must continue as if there had been no referendum in Ireland. The leaders want to see 26 ratifications and then ask Ireland to have a re-run.

I discussed the re-run with Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin on Irish radio and television the day after the referendum and asked him if he would perhaps suggest to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that ...

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

According to the EU rule book the situation is clear. The Lisbon Treaty is dead. (Photo: EUobserver)

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

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