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Ireland’s 45,000-member Technical Engineer and Electrical Union criticized the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon on May 5 over concerns about workers’ rights.

Ireland’s 45,000-member Technical Engineer and Electrical Union criticized the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon on May 5 over concerns about workers’ rights. Recent polls also show that negative public opinion about the treaty is on the rise in Ireland. The Treaty of Libson is the latest — and probably final — EU effort to streamline and reshape its institutions, which have not undergone significant change since the Treaty of Nice came into effect in 2003.


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