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Article: The EU confronts the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty.(THE IRISH REJECTION OF THE LISBON TREATY)(European Union)(Essay)
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- Contemporary Review
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- March 22, 2009
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THE problem with any form of direct democracy is that inevitably it will result at some point in saturation and voter fatigue, a distinct form of political ennui. Asking the mass of the people constantly what they think about sometimes arcane, and even Byzantine topics, cannot result in anything positive, the most important thing to them being getting on with their own lives. What are Members of Parliament elected for anyway, if not to carry opinions and policies to Parliament, to which they have been sent by the same electorate.
What has come out of the Irish rejection last June of the latest edition of the various EU Treaties of the last few years is that a ...