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>>Lisbon Treaty will 'overcome' No vote - French minister<<
>>Ireland's possible rejection of The Lisbon Treaty should not stop other member states ratifying it, France's Secretary of State for European Affairs Jean-Pierre Jouyet claimed today.<<
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaki ... king66.htm.

>>Francois Fillon, French Prime Minister, was clear about the effects of a No vote. "If the Irish people decide to reject the treaty of Lisbon, naturally, there will be no treaty of Lisbon," he warned.<<
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 128055.ece

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