FACTBOX - Who has ratified the EU reform treaty

Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:08pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves completed the Baltic state's ratification of the European Union's reform treaty on Thursday when he signed the bill into law.

Britain's parliament completed ratification late on Wednesday, the first country to do so since Irish voters rejected the treaty in a referendum last week.

Sixteen EU members have already ratified the treaty and several more are close. Following is a breakdown:

PROCESS COMPLETE:

* AUSTRIA - Parliament authorised ratification on April 9.

* BULGARIA - Parliament ratified on March 21.

* DENMARK - Parliament ratified on April 24.

* ESTONIA - Parliament approved the treaty on June 11 and president signed on June 19.

* FRANCE - Lower house of parliament ratified on February 7.  Continued...

 

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