Hi guys on the other side of the pond. I know that you people in the good old USA are focusing on other things like getting Obama into the Whitehouse and keeping the lunatic McCain at bay.
On June 13th the Republic of Ireland's No vote to the Lisbon treaty was announced. It sent shockwaves through Europe. The treaty cannot be implemented unless approved by all 27 EU states. Only Ireland has held a referendum.It pissed everyone off in Europe and all the politicians of the leading political parties in Ireland itself.
Oh sorry did I say the Irish pissed the Europeans off, I meant the Politicians not the European people. So what is this "Lisbon Treaty" thingy ?
Well I read it and I really don't know. The elected repersentatives in Dublin read it (I think) and they could not explain or "sell" the idea.
So the majority of Irish people voted no. Meanwhile the bad news got back to Brussells and the threats and warnings started to flow in the direction of Dublin from our German and French partners. Jean-Pierre Jouyet : from the bbc
Please read the article but also read the forum and readers comments below this. For those of you who speak German
Funny you'll see that the "Politicans" have totally lost the plot.
About 90% of the people in France, Germany and the UK support the Irish decision. I've spent some hours today researching this in political forums (not left or right radicals) but BBC,Stern and Fokus etc. European MSM.
here isan example of how the British Public reacted.