(L-R) European Affairs Minister Cecilia Malmstrom, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, European Administrative Affairs Commissioner Siim Kallas and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Chairman Guy Verhofstadt attend a European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) meeting ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

(L-R) European Affairs Minister Cecilia Malmstrom, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, European Administrative Affairs Commissioner Siim Kallas and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Chairman Guy Verhofstadt attend a European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) meeting ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.

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  1. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Chairman Guy Verhofstadt comments the results of the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in a pub near the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, October 3, 2009. Irish voters have approved the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, Ireland's foreign minister and opposition groups said on Saturday, removing an obstacle to the EU's ambitions to increase its global influence.

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  7. DUBLIN, IRELAND - OCTOBER 03: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (C) addresses the media after the result of the EU Lisbon Treaty at the government buildings on October 3, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland. The people of Ireland have backed the Lisbon Treaty after its second referendum.
  8. DUBLIN, IRELAND - OCTOBER 03: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (C) addresses the media after the result of the EU Lisbon Treaty at the government buildings on October 3, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland. The people of Ireland have backed the Lisbon Treaty after its second referendum.
  9. DUBLIN, IRELAND - OCTOBER 03: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, addresses the media after the result of the EU Lisbon Treaty at the government buildings on October 3, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland. The people of Ireland have backed the Lisbon Treaty after its second referendum.
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  11. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, center, addresses members of the media outside Government Buildings, Dublin, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Cowen lauded his nation's strong "yes" vote for the European Union reform treaty Saturday as pointing the way towards rapid improvement in the EU's effectiveness and Ireland's own economic recovery.
  12. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (R) and his wife Mary cast their ballot on the second referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty in Mucklagh National School, in Mucklagh, County Offaly, Ireland, on October 2, 2009. Ireland voted Friday in a crunch second referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, which EU leaders hope will reverse a No vote and end the bloc's political deadlock. Three million Irish voters will virtually decide the future of the treaty intended to streamline decisionmaking for the European Union's 500 million citizens. After rejecting the treaty in June 2008, polls now say Ireland will embrace the change.
  13. (L-R) European Affairs Minister Cecilia Malmstrom, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, European Administrative Affairs Commissioner Siim Kallas and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Chairman Guy Verhofstadt attend a European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) meeting ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.

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