STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The prime minister of Sweden, holder of the European Union presidency, said he would meet the Czech prime minister and European Commission president on Wednesday to discuss the way forward on the EU's Lisbon Treaty.
'Today is a good day for Europe. It has been a long journey. Now the presidency will be active to reach all the way,' Reinfeldt said in a statement after Irish officials declared victory in a referendum on the bloc's Lisbon reform treaty.
'I have therefore invited Prime Minister (Jan) Fischer and Commission President (Jose Manuel) Barroso to a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday,' Reinfeldt said.
The treaty, which would give the European Union a long-term president and a stronger foreign policy chief, needs to be ratified by all 27 member countries to take effect.
(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom and Adam Cox; Editing by Dale Hudson)
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'Today is a good day for Europe. It has been a long journey. Now the presidency will be active to reach all the way,' Reinfeldt said in a statement after Irish officials declared victory in a referendum on the bloc's Lisbon reform treaty.
'I have therefore invited Prime Minister (Jan) Fischer and Commission President (Jose Manuel) Barroso to a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday,' Reinfeldt said.
The treaty, which would give the European Union a long-term president and a stronger foreign policy chief, needs to be ratified by all 27 member countries to take effect.
(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom and Adam Cox; Editing by Dale Hudson)
((For stories on the vote click on)) (Stockholm Newsroom, tel: +46-8-700 1017, e-mail:stockholm.newsroom@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.