Ireland is heading towards a second referendum
Ireland is heading towards a second referendum on the Lisbon European Union Treaty early next year following intense political pressure and polls showing that many who voted No believed a new deal could be easily renegotiated. Dick Roche, Ireland's veteran Europe Minister, has hinted that his country will seek new guarantees before a second vote, in a rerun of the crisis following an Irish No to the Nice Treaty in 2001. His comments come as leaked European Commission opinion polling found that “over 70 per cent” of Irish people who voted against the Lisbon Treaty did so because they thought a second, improved, text could be negotiated. The Brussels research, to be officially published tomorrow, will add to intense Franco-German pressure on Ireland to save the EU Treaty by holding a revote. snip http://tinyurl.com/5flohq Well, they were never going to have it any pother way were they?
Ireland is heading towards a second referendum on the Lisbon European Union Treaty early next year following intense political pressure and polls showing that many who voted No believed a new deal could be easily renegotiated. Dick Roche, Ireland's veteran Europe Minister, has hinted that his country will seek new guarantees before a second vote, in a rerun of the crisis following an Irish No to the Nice Treaty in 2001. His comments come as leaked European Commission opinion polling found that “over 70 per cent” of Irish people who voted against the Lisbon Treaty did so because they thought a second, improved, text could be negotiated. The Brussels research, to be officially published tomorrow, will add to intense Franco-German pressure on Ireland to save the EU Treaty by holding a revote. snip http://tinyurl.com/5flohq Well, they were never going to have it any pother way were they?