<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Izinhlelo zokuqala zokuvota kabusha zavela ngoJulayi 2008: isikhathi sokusebenza kweKhomishini yaseYurophu yamanje sasizonwetshwa kuze kube yilapho iSivumelwano SaseLisbon siqala ukusebenza, amazwe angamalungu ayezovuma ukungayinciphisi inani lamakhomishana futhi i-Ireland yayizobamba okunye ukuvota ngoSepthemba noma ngo-Okthoba 2009 ngemuva kokuthola iziqinisekiso zokukhipha isisu, intela nokungathathi hlangothi kwezempi. Ngomhlaka 12 Disemba 2008 uNdunankulu, uBrian Cowen waqinisekisa ukuthi inhlolovo yesibili  <response>: Uhulumeni waseCroatia uzovumela iCroatia ukuba ibambe iqhaza emhlanganweni wezeMpilo we-EU, ngemuva kokuba abaholi be-EU bevumile ukugcina uKhomishani oyedwa ezweni ngalinye eliyilungu kanye nokufaka iziqinisekiso ezibophezela ngokomthetho mayelana nokukhishwa kwezisu, intela kanye nokungathathi hlangothi kwezempi esivumelwaneni sokungena kweCroatia. 