Spanish Congress ratifies Lisbon Treaty

Spanish Congress ratifies Lisbon Treaty
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Source: CCTV.com | 06-27-2008 15:49
The Spanish Congress has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union reform treaty.




Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L)
and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos attend a
Parliamentary session to ratify the Lisbon Treaty in Madrid
June 26, 2008. Parliament ratified the treaty with 322 votes
in favour and six against.REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN)


The Lisbon Treaty passed through the lower chamber with an absolute majority of 330 votes on Thursday. The Spanish Senate is expected to ratify the treaty before the August summer break.

Most Spaniards agree with their government's support of the document. But they say they would like to have more information and possibly a public consultation about it.

The 27-member bloc's Lisbon Treaty is meant to put an end to more than a decade of institutional wrangling and bolster the EU's economic and political voice on the world stage.

The document seeks to streamline decision-making in the EU and to create a full-time European President.

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[annboylyn]

The people of Spain were not informed

[ramonnl]

Nicee lets go onnnnn with it.

[agfigueroaa]

the Spanish MSM did not give a bloody piece of news. They did not informed the Spanish people before the signature.