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Published 11/03/2009 by thestar.com.my

U.K. opposition drops plan for Lisbon referendum

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Conservatives scrapped on Tuesday their plan to hold a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon treaty after Czech President Vaclav Klaus became the last EU leader to ratify it. 'What has happened today means that it is no longer possible to have a referendum on...

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...to ratify it. "What has happened today means that it is no longer possible to have a referendum on the Lisbon treaty" the party's foreign...

U.K. opposition drops plan for Lisbon referendum [thestar.com.my - 11/03/2009]

...law, Hague said. "That means that our campaign for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty comes to an end today. We think that it is a bad day for a democracy" he added. Cameron strongly...

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