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Thread #111998   Message #2324556
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Apr-08 - 02:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lisbon Treaty: Ireland votes NO
Subject: RE: BS: lisbon treaty
Nothing in the Treaty bears on conscription.
"Common Foreign and Security Policy... would not affect the existing legal basis, responsibilities and powers of each Member State in relation to the formulation and conduct of its foreign policy, the national diplomatic service, relations with third countries and participation in international organisations, including a Member State's membership of the Security Council of the UN."
"The Conference also notes that the provisions covering CFSP do not give new powers to the Commission to initiate decisions or increase the role of the European Parliament. The Conference also recalls that the provisions governing the CFSP do not prejudice the specific character of the security and defense policy of the Member States."
See http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/glance/index_en.htm and other internet articles.

I know nothing of the current or proposed agreements on agriculture, and wouldn't understand their import unless I was involved in European agriculture.