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Article: If only the Irish would kill the Lisbon Treaty
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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It may seem perverse for a pro-European to say so, but it is
precisely because I am so committed a supporter of the EU that I
dearly hope that the Irish reject the Lisbon Treaty in their
referendum in a fortnight's time.
Whether they will or not is a separate question. They didn't say
no when perhaps they should have, on the Masstricht Treaty. They did
vote initially against when there was no real cause to, over the
Nice Treaty in 2001. This time it could be a tight-run contest. The
yes vote still has the edge and everyone had expected the margin to
grow as the leaders of the major parties - all of them pro the
treaty - swung into action after the appointment of a new Irish
Prime Minister. ...