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For the eventuality that the EU-wide ratification process will still be open when his party comes to power, the leader of the main British opposition party, David Cameron, has promised to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The Conservative leadership has even hinted that it would hold a retrospective referendum were the party to come to power after ratification has been completed. Following on the tail of the Irish "no", these developments will lead some EU leaders to re-evaluate their commitment to the Lisbon Treaty.