Gates of Vienna News Feed 6/1/2012

Irish voters gave their strong approval to the EU fiscal treaty, with 60.3% voting in favor of the pact that aims to solve Europe’s financial woes. Across the Atlantic, the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%, causing the stock market to drop by 2%.

In other news, in a recent poll half of Britons say they would prefer that the Prince of Wales step aside in favor of his son William, the Duke of Cambridge, as the next in line for the throne of Great Britain.

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