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Ireland ratified the Lisbon Treaty on 23 October 2009, after having initially put the whole process into doubt by rejecting the treaty in a referendum held in June 2008. Ireland was the only Member State to hold a referendum on the treaty and this initial referendum was a major reason why the treaty failed to come into force on 1 January 2009 ...
The 'Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008' was a proposal to amend the Constitution of Ireland to enable ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon (also known as the Reform Treaty) of the European Union, so it could be enacted as scheduled on 1 January 2009.
The first referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon held on 12 June 2008 was rejected by the Irish electorate, by a margin of 53.4% to 46.6%, with a turnout of 53%. [5] The second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon held on 2 October 2009 and the proposal was approved by 67.1% to 32.9%, with a turnout of 59%. [6]
The Lisbon Treaty creates two different ways for further amendments of the European Union treaties: an ordinary revision procedure which is broadly similar to the present process in that it involves convening an intergovernmental conference, and a simplified revision procedure whereby Part three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European ...
Irish Treaty of Lisbon referendum may refer to: Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 , a failed proposal to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon, held on 12 June 2008 Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland , a second referendum to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon, held on 2 October 2009
Proposed to allow the state to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon. Voters reversed this decision when they adopted the Twenty-eighth Amendment in 2009. 28th Amendment: 15 October 2009: Treaty: Europe: Treaty of Lisbon 2 October 2009: 3,078,032: 1,816,098: 58.0: 1,214,268: 67.1: 594,606: 32.9: 7,224: 0.4 [8] [10] Allowed the state to ratify the Treaty ...
The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the U.S. as an independent and sovereign nation, ...
Treaties concluded or ratified by Ireland. Where appropriate, articles should be placed in the subcategories. Where appropriate, articles should be placed in the subcategories. This category may contain articles about treaties concluded or ratified by Ireland since 29 December 1937, which is the date on which a new constitution was adopted and ...