Long wait for decision on whether to re-run Lisbon
But Taoiseach Brian Cowen said that, even if the Union agrees to change the Lisbon treaty, it will not necessarily mean that Irish citizens will vote on it.
At a summit in Brussels last night EU leaders agreed to a string of new rules governing eurozone members’ budgets and spending in future, including stiff fines for countries that refuse to make changes the European Commission says are necessary. However, they threw out a German plan to deprive erring eurozone countries of their voting rights at EU meetings.