The European Union's new treaty, rejected by Irish voters last week, faced parliamentary debate in Britain on Wednesday.
Members of the unelected upper chamber the House of Lords were to debate the Lisbon Treaty for the third and final time. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed other EU members in insisting that the ratificartion process continues. Meanwhile, on the eve of the EU summer summit in Brussels, scheduled for President Bush wraps up Britain farewell tour ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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