Monday, June 16, 2008

The Irish People Vote 'No' on the Lisbon Treaty, Globalists Cry in Their Soup

It's been a tough couple of weeks for globalists. The Iraqi lawmakers, it turns out, don't want a permanent U.S. military presence in their country, and the Irish Republic basically told the EU to kiss where the sun don't shine with their No vote on the Lisbon Treaty.

Of course, this has the globalists perturbed. What is it about people and their stubborn reluctance to accept corporate slavery? The BBC has some brief analysis of what the No vote means, but pay attention to the seemingly innocuous title of the article that frames the No vote as a problem.

'No quick fix' to Irish No vote

Micheal Martin said the Irish people's decision must be respected

Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said it is "far too early" to seek a solution to the Irish rejection of a European Union reform treaty.

He was speaking as EU foreign ministers met to discuss how to respond to the Irish No vote on the Lisbon Treaty.

The treaty cannot be implemented unless approved by all 27 EU states. Only the Irish Republic has held a referendum.

The majority of EU members agree that those who have yet to ratify the treaty should carry on and do so.

EU foreign ministers have been meeting in Luxembourg ahead of a two-day summit in Brussels - starting on Thursday - that is expected to chart the way ahead.

Speaking in Luxembourg, Mr Martin told reporters: "The people's decision has to be respected and we have to chart a way through... It is far too early for proffering any solutions or proposals.

"There are no quick fix solutions."


If the will of the people of the Irish Republic was expressed through their vote, then were is the "problem" that needs "fixing"? In this podcast the BBC offers up some analysis in which one of the analysts wonders whether the EU should consider getting rid of those pesky referendums. These politicians are simply not used to referendums, to paraphrase what he said.

More:
Q&A: The Lisbon Treaty

2 comments:

Jer said...

Its going to be very difficult to just get rid of referendums in Ireland because they are mandated by the consititution.

The Gray Conservative said...

Good for Ireland then. I mean, what kills me is how those how analysts on the BBC podcast were so quick to come up with ways to do an end-run around the Irish Republic's vote. It seems like some countries in the Europe of 27 still have some remnants of that old time nationalism still kicking around. The Germans still like their own money, apparently.