German President Horst Köhler will not complete his country's ratification of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty until its highest court has ruled on legal challenges to the text.
The president's office said in a statement that Köhler had agreed to comply with a request from the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. The adoption of the Lisbon Treaty is being challenged Health workers reject pay offer ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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