66 2/3 Green Party Needed a Two-Thirds Majority to Support the Lisbon Treaty. Guess What Proportion They Got? [Eire Region Edition 2]

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THE Green party yesterday committed itself to supporting the Lisbon Treaty after a voting result that would have made an Iranian president blush.

At a specially convened meeting yesterday, the party required a two-thirds majority to pass the motion supporting the controversial treaty - after the party had refused to do so last time around.

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66 2/3 Green Party Needed a Two-Thirds Majority to Support the Lisbon Treaty. Guess What Proportion They Got? [Eire Region Edition 2]

And by a political miracle, precisely two-thirds of the voters - that's 66.666pc recurring - voted Yes. In total 321 party members voted, with 214 in favour and 107 against. The result allows senior party figures such as John Gormley and ...

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