( dpa ) - Two weeks after Austria's lower house of parliament approved the EU Reform Treaty, the upper house, or Laenderkammer, also approved the treaty which aims to streamline EU decision-making on Thursday.
The ruling Social Democrats, the conservative People's Party and opposition Greens voted for the treaty, while the two right-wing opposition parties, the FPOe and the BZOe, voted against it, mirroring the vote in the lower house.
The treaty must now be signed by President Heinz Fischer for it to be ratified, but this is a mere formality under the Austrian system of government.