The Finnish parliament approved the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday, said the parliament in a statement.
The 200-seat parliament approved the treaty by a vote of 151 against 27, while 21 members were absent, and Finnish President Tarja Halonen must sign the treaty within three months for it to be ratified, said it
The treaty, signed by EU heads of state and government in December last year, will make the bloc's much needed institutional reforms possible.
The new treaty replaces a more ambitious European Union constitution that was rejected by French and Dutch voters in referendums in 2005, plunging the bloc into the worst crisis in its half-century history.
The treaty must be ratified by all 27 member states of the EU before it can take effect on January 1, 2009, as planned.
Ireland is the only EU country that will hold a referendum on June 12 on the EU Reform Treaty as stipulated by its Constitution. Opinion polls show that its approval in Thursday's referendum is uncertain.
Finland joined the EU in 1995.
Source:Xinhua
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