Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty does not disqualify it and the EU will seek ways to enforce it, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday commenting Thursday's result of an Irish national referendum on the EU act.
According to official partial results announced on Friday Lisbon Treaty opponents won the referendum in 27 of 43 Irish constituencies. Ireland was the only EU member to decide the matter in a national ballot.
The treaty, which aims to streamline decision-making in the bloc, must be ratified by all 27 member states if it is to take effect by the 2009 target. Its rejection may halt planned structural reforms in the Union.
"The referendum results in Ireland do not disqualify the Treaty completely. We will continue seeking ways to bring it to life. Regardless of the referendum results I think we can be moderately optimistic about the EU finding a way to put it in force," Tusk told reporters in Polish parliament.
Parliament speaker Bronislaw Komorowski said the fall of the Lisbon Treaty would mean a crisis in the EU whose resolution would depend on "wise effort" by EU leaders.
"If the bad news from Ireland proves true, we will need a common, wise effort to resolve the crisis by EU politicians interested in further European integration," said Komorowski.
Source:Xinhua
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