BERLIN — The sighs of relief that were audible across Europe after the Irish voted “yes” in a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Friday may well turn out to be premature. Certainly the overwhelming vote removed the most-hyped obstacle to the Treaty. But that still leaves Poland and the Czech Republic. In Poland the [...]

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WASHINGTON — It is admittedly difficult to explain to Americans why they should be excited about Ireland’s approval of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty on Friday.   When told that the EU will run more smoothly under the new treaty, Americans are likely to want to know instead whether this means Europeans will do more [...]

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BELGRADE — The European Union has accomplished a crucial step toward its further institutional consolidation by making the final steps to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. On October 2, 3 million Irish voters helped decide the future of Europe’s institutional reforms €“ and with them, of close to 500 million European Union citizens. Irish voters had [...]

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