Treaty is not dead yet, say EU partners

IRELAND may have voted against the Lisbon treaty but the very clear message from the EU member states was that the treaty is not dead yet.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will be asked to propose a solution to the crisis caused by the rejection when he attends the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels next week.

Following a series of phone calls between the Taoiseach, several European capitals, including London, Berlin and Paris and Brussels, all agreed that the ratification process should continue.