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"The rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the people of Ireland has stifled any hope of swift institutional reform of the European Union. It is the second such wasted opportunity. The work was halted in the past by the negative outcome of the earlier French and Dutch referenda.
In my view, the people of Ireland are certainly not to blame for what has happened. The fact that they voted against the Treaty does not mean that they are negatively disposed towards the European Union as a whole. The Treaty was rejected in Ireland because of the inappropriate way that the European institutions and the governments of the Member States handled the question of Treaty ratification and the citizens' involvement in the process. I suspect that if a referendum had been carried out in all the Member States, Ireland would not have been the only one to say ‘no’.
Such a reaction to the Treaty by the citizens is due to disinformation rather than to ill-will.
The action the Union should now take regarding the fate of the Lisbon Treaty should be similar to that taken after the Constitutional Treaty was rejected by the Netherlands and France.
Fortunately, the Union is still able to function effectively on the basis of the Treaty of Nice and of the other treaties still in force. This means that we can take time to consider carefully how to correct the mistakes made."@en1
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