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A ‘menu Europe’ will prove more palatable

FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment

"A ‘menu Europe’ will prove more palatable

By Vivien Schmidt

Published: July 21 2008 18:24 | Last updated: July 21 2008 18:24

The European Union cannot go on like this. Whether the Lisbon treaty ultimately succeeds or fails, the Irish referendum will have taught us one thing: unanimity and uniformity are things of the past. The EU is now too diverse to expect all member states to ratify any given treaty or participate in all areas of union activity."

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