Uncharted territory (13/6/08)
June 13, 2008
53.4 per cent against, 46.6 in favour, the Lisbon Treaty has been roundly rejected by the people of Ireland. As mid-morning tally counts began to tell against the treaty, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin conceded ‘a perceived lack of information’ among voters about treaty issues. It ‘lacked a clear tangible,’ he said. Was this why Lisbon went down? Was the electorate given a large, indigestible document and ordered to swallow it for its own good? If so, why are we surprised? You can lead a horse to water…
The ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ sides are claiming the result as a ‘crisis’ and ‘a victory for democracy’ respectively. But noone seems to know where exactly we go from here.
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Jacques Paris | June 13, 2008 at 11:03 pm
1% of the european population (500 Million) put the mess for non realistic reasons !!! You did received 30 billion of euros from us the last 10 years …Bloody Irish..F…. YOU
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Aaron Fowler | July 7, 2008 at 9:50 am
Listen Jacques,
Before the Lisbon Treaty there was the Constitution of Europe. It was what the Lisbon treaty developed from, several countries had the opportunity to vote in a referendum. It was rejected by Denmark, Holland & guess what….. France !
So judging by your name “Jacques Paris”, I think you can’t talk.
Also note that other countries are anti the Lisbon Treaty, however we are the only country that had the opportunity to voice our opinion.
See what will happen in the Czech Rep.
Note how our vote has been respected in Poland. (Perhaps the French might consider the meaning of Democracy, instead of simply ignoring a decision that they don’t agree with.)
Also don’t confuse a rejection of the Lisbon treaty as a rejection of Europe. In European polls the Irish are the most satisfied with Europe and recognise all the help we have received from Europe.
As regards the 30 Billion, well no amount of money will turn the Irish into prostitutes, we’ll still vote on what we believe and your attitude (“we gave you money, so do what we want”) is terrible and unacceptable.
Get your facts straight before you start putting up stupid comments, nothing is black and white.