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Cheers to the Irish.(THE EU)(Lisbon Treaty)
THE Irish had to fight for centuries to win their independence, and theirs is a fierce and proud record. They have just extended that record by voting to reject the Lisbon Treaty, the instrument by which the European Union intends to achieve its final status as a sovereign entity, a new United States of Europe. (For the details, see David Pryce-Jones's article on page 22 of this issue.)
Irish prime minister Brian Cowen and his cabinet, in conjunction with the Green pary, the Catholic Church, the business elite, and the media commentators, were united in a hectoring chorus to persuade their compatriots to vote "Yes." Against this establishment were an obscure millionaire and marginal figures, some reprehensible, such as Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA.
Multiple reasons are given for the resounding victory of the "No" vote. Ireland is about to become a financial contributor to the EU rather than a beneficiary, as it has been. One real fear was that Ireland's farmers might suffer at the hands of Brussels; another was that it would be obliged to scrap its low-tax regime.
Twenty-seven countries now make up the EU, and all have been, or are being, dragooned into accepting this treaty, which will ...
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