Clarke damps Lisbon ballot prospects

Article reports that Kenneth Clarke, the shadow business secretary in the United Kingdom, admitted June 2009 that a Conservative government in the UK would not would not try to renegotiate the EU's Lisbon Treaty if it was ratified in an Irish referendum, causing outrage among Eurosceptics in his party.

ESO: Background information: Sarkozy smarts at Cameron's snub on Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/sarkozy-smarts-at-camerons-snub-on-europe/

BBC News, 14.6.09: Clarke's treaty pledge sparks row http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8099510.stm

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