LISBON TREATY STILL DEAD: POLAND PUTS THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN

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The treaty’s future was thrown into doubt last month when Irish voters rejected it in a referendum. Under the EU’s laws, the treaty, which was designed to modernize the institutions of the 27-nation bloc, requires unanimous backing among its member states to be adopted. Ireland was the only country whose own constitution stipulated a referendum, which has been approved by 19 national parliaments, including that of Poland.

In Warsaw, however, the signature of President Lech Kaczynski is required as the last step ratification. In a newspaper interview published Tuesday, Mr. Kaczynski said it would “pointless” to sign the Lisbon Treaty in light of the Irish rejection.

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