FACTBOX: Who has ratified the EU's new reform treaty

Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:34pm EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Ireland voted "No" in a referendum on the European Union treaty to streamline decision-making in the 27-member bloc, putting the entire EU reform plan in peril.

Fourteen members have already ratified the treaty and another four are close. Following is a breakdown:

PROCESS COMPLETE:

* AUSTRIA - Parliament authorized ratification on April 9.

* BULGARIA - Parliament ratified on March 21.

* DENMARK - Parliament ratified on April 24. Lawmakers approved the charter in a 90-25 vote.

* FRANCE - Lower house of parliament ratified on February 7 by 336 votes to 52.

* GERMANY - Upper house of parliament voted to ratify the treaty on May 23. Fifteen German federal states voted for ratification. The city-state of Berlin abstained.

* HUNGARY - Became the first of the 27 EU countries to ratify the treaty in a parliamentary vote on December 17, 2007.

* IRELAND - Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum on June 12 with 53.4 percent voting against and 46.6 percent voting for. Ireland was the only member that put the pact to the public in a referendum.

* LATVIA - Approved treaty on May 8.

* LITHUANIA - Approved treaty on May 8.

* LUXEMBOURG - Parliament ratified the treaty on May 29.

* MALTA - Parliament unanimously ratified treaty on January 29.

* PORTUGAL - Parliament voted to ratify treaty on April 23.

* ROMANIA - Parliament ratified the treaty on February 4.  Continued...

 

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