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Irish EU referendum: Voters' views
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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European Union finance ministers struggled on Tuesday to forge a response to food and fuel price inflation, proposing remedies from windfall taxes on oil companies to the suspension of various food import tariffs. (article 3)
But the attack attracted little support and was omitted from a letter to EU heads of state and government, who will discuss food price inflation at a Brussels summit on June 19. (article 3)
The rising cost of products such as pasta, rice and petrol is a headache for EU governments worried about the political impact on their popularity and the financial impact on low-income citizens. (article 3)
At its present level of 3.6 per cent in the eurozone, inflation also keeps up borrowing costs for businesses by virtually ruling out an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank. (article 3)
Police have clashed with hundreds of fishermen protesting against the high cost of fuel outside the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels. (article 4)
Ireland is the only EU member state to have a public vote on the treaty and both sides have stepped up their campaigning, with many voters still undecided. (article 2)
The influential Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has thrown its support behind the EU's Lisbon Treaty ahead of a key referendum on 12 June. (article 1)
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EU, Treaty, Lisbon, Ireland, referendum |
Source articles
- Irish farmers support EU treaty (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 220 words)
- Irish EU referendum: Voters' views (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 1235 words)
- EU struggles on rising food and oil prices (ft.com, 06/04/2008, 545 words)
- Fishermen clash with police at EU (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 554 words)
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