Opposition pledges support for treaty

FINE GAEL and Labour played down fears last night that the urge to punish the Government could sway voters into rejecting the Lisbon treaty for a second time.

The recent local and European elections saw both parties profit handsomely from their attacks on, and public anger with, the Government.

But they pledged to call a halt to adversarial politics in a bid to get Lisbon passed. Both parties supported the treaty in the first campaign and will continue to do so.