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    Piotr Macej Kaczynski, an analyst with the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies, says the bloc is now more likely to honor the commitments it has made to the western Balkan countries. "The Irish vote and very likely entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty will help a lot in speeding up enlargement to the western Balkans, and Iceland" Kaczynski says. "This will probably take off and maybe even in 2011 Iceland and Croatia will join, and the rest of the Balkan countries will join within a couple of more years." Full Article at ISN
    The Irish vote and very likely entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty will help a lot in speeding up enlargement to the western Balkans, and Iceland
    – Lech Kaczynski SOURCE: ISN 2 months ago
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After Irish 'Yes,' Treaty Future Still Unclear
  1. We all know that if [the Irish referendum] had finished the opposite way, there would have been a third, fourth, fifth, 59th referendum, until it would finally have finished the only right way
    Vaclav Klaus – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: ISN 2 months ago
  2. This will probably take off and maybe even in 2011 Iceland and Croatia will join, and the rest of the Balkan countries will join within a couple of more years.
    SOURCE: ISN 2 months ago
  3. We have said in European Council summits that we foresee that this new constitution, this treaty, should be in place by the end of the Swedish presidency. This is of course what we're trying to achieve.
    SOURCE: ISN 2 months ago
  4. I think you are like me, and we feel that is wrong. So that it shouldn't be done like this in the world and in Europe.
    SOURCE: ISN 2 months ago
  5. We will do our utmost to be active and push forward
    Fredrik Reinfeldt – Fredrik Reinfeldt SOURCE: ISN 2 months ago

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