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...week after Irish voters rejected the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, its leaders are still in a bewildered state over how to resolve their crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Blames Ireland, Moves On | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

...summit in Brussels, which ended on Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy used the treaty deadlock to say there was no point in continuing accession talks with Croatia and Turkey until the current 27 members could agree on their future. "Without the Treaty of Lisbon there won't be any enlargement," he said. "You can't say no to reforms and yes to enlargement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Blames Ireland, Moves On | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

...Lisbon Treaty is designed to streamline E.U. decision-making now that the club has expanded to 27 members, but the Irish referendum - the only such vote in the E.U. - has thrown the entire project in disarray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Blames Ireland, Moves On | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

...appropriate for the Irish government to call for a second referendum," says Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). But he warned that stakes would be much higher. "This referendum would be about a different question: does Ireland wish to join the 26 with the Lisbon Treaty in force? At this point, another 'no' would effectively mean that Ireland would leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Blames Ireland, Moves On | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

...decades, the $46.6 million facility was set up by the Fundação Oriente (Orient Foundation) - a Portuguese cultural organization established in the former colony of Macau in 1988 - and showcases a vast array of Asian artifacts on five floors in a magnificent Art Deco building along the Lisbon waterfront at Alcãntara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sails and Acquisitions | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

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