The result of the Irish referendum on the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty is having the first few repercussions on the EU. The agenda of several EU institutions, planned for this week, will be postponed in the light of the "no" voted by the citizens of the Emerald Island. The meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs today and tomorrow is focussed on the preparations for the Brussels summit of 19th and 20th June, when the heads of state and government of the 27 member states will have to review the aftermath of the polling and the next moves for the ratification process. Just at today’s meeting of the heads of the diplomacies, a joint report had to be given by the French, Czech and Swedish Ministers "about the EU’s plans for the second half of 2008 and for 2009". The deadlock in which the Treaty is now, the possible postponement of its enforcement, the possible repercussions on the elections for the European Parliament (June 2009) change the agenda of the meeting, chaired by the Slovenian Minister, the current president of the EU. The result of the referendum will be discussed by Strasbourg’s Parliament on Wednesday 18th in the presence of the leaders of the European Union. Finally, the summit of Thursday and Friday will be focussed on the same topic.
