EU treaty decision to be postponed to October

AFP
Friday, June 20, 2008

BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU leaders will postpone a decision on the future of the bloc's Lisbon Treaty, after Ireland's voters rejected it, to their next summit in mid-October, according to a draft statement Friday.

But the document, prepared for a European Union summit in Brussels ending later Friday, sidestepped the issue of what exactly should be done by the seven countries that have not yet ratified the text, in the face of stern Czech opposition.

"The European Council agreed to Ireland's suggestion to come back to this issue at its meeting of 15 October 2008 in order to consider the way forward," said the statement.
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