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Neutrality? Ah, shure you an yer oul neutrality!

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday December 16, 2002 05:01author by Phuq Hedd

Interesting new moves by Convention on Future of Europe Defence Group

Proposals are afoot to remove the veto power of EU members and replace consensus with simple majority voting. Proposed mutual-defence obligations also leave Ireland's "neutrality" in an interesting position.

Compare this pre-Nice Treaty article
http://www.europa-web.de/europa/03euinf/10counc/irelneut.htm
With this post-Nice Treaty article
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=889836&issue_id=8502

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/21770

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