7. Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from the Embassy of Romania
I am pleased to let you know that the Romanian Parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty, on the 4th of February 2008, in a plenary meeting of both Chambers. The Ratification bill was adopted with an overwhelming majority of votes (387 votes in favour, one vote against and one abstention). Romania has thus become the fourth EU Member State to ratify the Treaty, after Hungary, Slovenia and Malta.
This is a moment of great significance for Romania's EU membership, the Lisbon Treaty being the first European Treaty that we signed as an EU member state.
Romania has been a strong supporter of the new Treaty, being confident that it will help consolidate our European cooperation. We are looking forward to the successful completion of the Treaty ratification process in all Member States, in view of its timely entering into force, on the 1st of January 2009.
Mihai Delcea
Charge d'Affaires a.i
5 February 2008
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