Welcome to the Referendum Commission’s Lisbon Treaty 2009 website. This website has one simple purpose: to help you, the voter, understand the Lisbon Treaty before you vote in the referendum on 2 October. Political parties and campaigning groups are putting forward various arguments about the likely consequences of the referendum decision, and they are using those arguments to encourage you to vote yes or to vote no. |
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The role of the Referendum Commission is to encourage you to vote and to explain, as factually and clearly as possible, what you are voting on. We would urge you to see this website as an independent and unbiased account of the Treaty content. It is required by law to be impartial and factual, and that is what it is. Our role is to explain what is in the referendum proposal. The role of political parties and campaigning groups is to seek to convince you to vote for or against it. Read our account of the Lisbon Treaty, listen to their arguments, and then decide for yourself which way to vote.
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