Irish politicians, from left, Enda Kenny of the Fine Gael party, Prime Minister Brian Cowen of the Fianna Fail party, and Eamon Gilmore of the Irish Labour party, speak during a joint press conference in Dublin, to call for a Yes vote in the forthcoming Lisbon treaty referendum. The fate of the European Union's ambitious charter for reform lies in the hands of Ireland's voters, who decide this week whether to back it or shred it. On Thursday, it will be up to 2.8 million Irish voters to determine whether the EU's nearly 500 million citizens should be governed by the treaty, which was painstakingly crafted to replace a draft constitution that was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. AP Photo logo AP Photo 44 months ago

Irish politicians, from left, Enda Kenny of the Fine Gael party, Prime Minister Brian Cowen of the Fianna Fail party, and Eamon Gilmore of the Irish Labour party, speak during a joint press conference in Dublin, to call for a Yes vote in the forthcoming Lisbon treaty referendum. The fate of the European Union's ambitious charter for reform lies in the hands of Ireland's voters, who decide this week whether to back it or shred it. On Thursday, it will be up to 2.8 million Irish voters to determine whether the EU's nearly 500 million citizens should be governed by the treaty, which was painstakingly crafted to replace a draft constitution that was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.

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