DUBLIN (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Monday the EU will not force Ireland to vote again after its shock rejection of the bloc's new treaty, as he faced protests in Dublin. But Sarkozy -- whose country took over the European Union's rotating six-month presidency this month -- said repeatedly that some kind of solution must be found before next June, when EU elections are scheduled. "I never said that Ireland had to organise a second referendum," he told reporters after talks in Dublin clouded by anger at reported remarks by him last week. "We do not want to impose anything," he added. "I did not in any way meddle in Irish domestic affairs," he added at a joint press conference with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen. The French leader sparked anger last week by reportedly suggesting that Ireland should vote...
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