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"The Irish ‘no’, given democratically and independently by the Irish people – the only ones who were not prevented from giving their opinion by referendum because of a constitutional requirement – is a major setback in the attempt to impose a previously rejected draft treaty by means of an unacceptable falsehood and flagrant trick, failing to respect and seeking to bypass the wishes of the French and Dutch people.
The Irish ‘no’ means that the process of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty in the EU must be brought to a close and laid to rest once and for all. The fact is that no matter how much they seek to circumvent or mislead, the rules in the Community treaties stipulate that it is sufficient for one country to reject a new draft treaty for it to be unable to come into force.
Nevertheless, adhering to the slogan immediately trumpeted by Mrs Merkel and Mr Sarkozy – and showing contempt for the Irish people’s wishes – the EU institutions seek to give the impression that nothing has happened, insisting on going ahead with the ratification processes and playing for time (for now, until the EU summit in October), seeking (once again) to create the conditions to isolate, put pressure on and blackmail the Irish people (the people they force to repeat the referendums on the EU treaties whenever the result is ‘no’).
In short, this is scandalous!"@en1
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