EU : uncertainties about Irish social requirements on the Lisbon Treaty

n summit where the Twenty-Seven should set the date for the holding of a new referendum in Ireland about the Lisbon Treaty, the discussions between member States block over the requirements of the Irish supplemental declaration on workers’ rights. (Ref. 090549)

The Chiefs of State and government of the Twenty-Seven had agreed, last December, to have Ireland recast its vote on the Lisbon Treaty in exchange of certain guarantees. In addition to the maintaining of a commissioner’s seat per State m