Check out Ben Brogan's post on the Great Wafer Seal.
I have a question: why Rome? Why is the Treaty deposited there? Do post a comment if you know.
BTW, the EU's own site is still quite clear about the status of the Lisbon Treaty:
The Treaty of Lisbon was signed on 13 December 2007. It will have to be ratified by all 27 Member States before it can enter into force, which is hoped to be before the next European Parliament elections in June 2009.
This can mean one of two things: Ireland will be pushed to vote again, and vote yes. Or because Ireland won't ratify, it won't enter in to force. Hmmm. Whichever will it be?
(There's a third option, too: the third option. There is no third option - the rules are clear - but you can bet your life the third option will come into play, which is simply to go ahead anyway.)
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