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Irish Sovereignty: Rejection of the Lisbon Treaty

Posted by on Jun 13, 2008 in Activist, Observer | 0 comments

Excellent news from Ireland today… elec­tion results indi­cate that the ref­er­en­dum in the Republic of Ireland to approve or dis­ap­prove the Lisbon Treaty has resulted in a “no” vote: Ireland has rejected the treaty. Various arti­cles both today and lead­ing up to the ref­er­en­dum have included warn­ings that a “no” vote would “[trig­ger] a polit­i­cal cri­sis” which would lead to “much infight­ing and bick­er­ing across Europe”. Lobbyists for the Lisbon Treaty attempted to invoke poetic guilt by claim­ing that a denial of the treaty would...

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