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"Mr President, I would just like to say that President Sarkozy has a great deal to answer for because the
today is reporting that the whirlwind six-month tenure as EU President is coming to an end, leaving diplomats and journalists in dire need of a holiday! Can I also add that as Christmas approaches we all need a holiday, not least those of us who are approaching a European election and a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. On that issue there will be much debate into the future.
The problem for Ireland is not so much the contents of the Treaty – we know that from the first vote – it is in dealing with the issues that people have concerns about, and the Council has done that. What the Council cannot do for Ireland is convince the public who are disaffected by their government at the moment to support this Treaty. It rests, therefore, on those of us who fully back the Treaty and the legal arrangements which we hope will be in place to canvas widely for the values that are in the Treaty and to divide the issues of national concern from those at European level. It will be a tough job, I think you know that, but with the support of this House it can be done."@en1
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