France uncertain of how to react to Irish treaty rejection

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Jun 13, 2008, 11:12 GMT

Paris - French leaders appear not have come up with a concerted reaction to an eventual rejection of the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the Irish referendum. On Friday, the French minister for European affairs, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, told LCI television that if the Irish have voted no on the treaty, 'the ratification process (must) continue in other countries.' In addition, Jouyet said that a 'legal arrangement' between Ireland and the 26 other EU member nations must then be agreed. However, late Thursday, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on France 2 television that an Irish rejection would mean 'there is no more Lisbon Treaty.' 'We will see what measure must be taken' in case of a no vote, Fillon said. The issue is important to the French, who assume the rotating EU presidency on July 1 and would have to deal with the fall-out of an Irish rejection. In addition, the French fear that some of their ambitious plans for their six-month presidency would have to be put on the back burner while the union wrestles with the repercussions of the vote.

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