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Decisions can be changed. The promise to change it if Lisbon is passed demonstrates that.
So the choice is lose the permanent Commissioner as of November or potentially lose the Commissioner in 2014 in the event that the Council changes it's mind on it's Solemn Decision.

The worst case scenario there for Lisbon is still preferential.

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Hiding can you please provide a source. Cheers
I hassled tommy all last year to back up this claim.
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Hiding can you please provide a source. Cheers
I hassled tommy all last year to back up this claim.
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Ok, we're back to the "Lisbon makes for a 2/3 of 27 Commission". (so much for the guarantees)
So it's preferable (for those who put much meas on the Commission numbers) to run Lisbon than carry on under Nice where the number must be less than 27, or the number of States in the EU. 26 is less than 27.
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Decisions can be changed. The promise to change it if Lisbon is passed demonstrates that.
All that demonstrates is that due to the provisions contained in Lisbon, that decision CAN be changed - IF Lisbon is passed. If Lisbon is not passed, it is legally impossible to have a Commission with all the member states represented on it.
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stop trying to play the player instead of the ball.

you KNOW the point im trying to make. i actuallly AGREE with your point on NICE.

its why i vote NO on it twice.

my point ,again, is that NONE of the big three parties SAID it.

not FF , not FG , and not LAB.

in fact they campaigned to the opposite. do you dispute that?
To be honest, I can't remember them saying that we would keep a commissioner. Maybe they did. But I think we should vote on Lisbon according to its merits and not by adding up how many lies we think were told on either side.
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So the choice is lose the permanent Commissioner as of November or potentially lose the Commissioner in 2014 in the event that the Council changes it's mind on it's Solemn Decision.

The worst case scenario there for Lisbon is still preferential.
And a change of mind by the Council on its Solemn Decision would have to be unanimous. We have a veto and no-one could blame us for exercising it.
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Like we have a veto on Lisbon?
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Like we have a veto on Lisbon?
I wrote "We have a veto and no-one could blame us for exercising it." That is true in relation to going back on the commissioner guarantee.

On the other hand, the exercise of our veto on Lisbon will certainly result in a lot of blame, hostility, discrimination, bypassing etc.
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To be honest, I can't remember them saying that we would keep a commissioner. Maybe they did. But I think we should vote on Lisbon according to its merits and not by adding up how many lies we think were told on either side.
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And a change of mind by the Council on its Solemn Decision would have to be unanimous. We have a veto and no-one could blame us for exercising it.
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Like we have a veto on Lisbon?
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I wrote "We have a veto and no-one could blame us for exercising it." That is true in relation to going back on the commissioner guarantee.

On the other hand, the exercise of our veto on Lisbon will certainly result in a lot of blame, hostility, discrimination, bypassing etc.
So exercising our veto can lead us into a lot of blame, hostility, discrimination, and bypassing etc.

Tricky that.

Less opportunity there is to be put in that position the better?
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