"The Irish referendum will not stop the EU"
By Giovanni Angioni on Friday, June 13 2008, 19:15 - Hot issues - Permalink
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted immediately to the failure of the Irish referendum saying that not everything is wasted.
Just couple of minutes after PM Ahern announced the result of the referendum, the press service of the Estonian MFA told us that there is still the possibility to go on: " It is really too early for saying anything " the spokeperson said while lowering the volume of a tv showing constant updates from Ireland.
"The result seems to be no, apparently Irish people decided to reject the Lisbon Treaty but we really do not want to speculate on this event. What we can say is that what is happened today will not stop the EU from functioning. Next Monday we will have a meeting here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for discussing how to proceed from now on, but the most important part will come by the end of the next week, when the European Council will start its session".
Once again, as some years ago, Europe is stuck on itself.
And once again, during the Summer meeting of the European Council, Ministers and Prime Ministers will have to find answers and solutions for saving the development of an Union from what is looking like its second death.
"The result seems to be no, apparently Irish people decided to reject the Lisbon Treaty but we really do not want to speculate on this event. What we can say is that what is happened today will not stop the EU from functioning. Next Monday we will have a meeting here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for discussing how to proceed from now on, but the most important part will come by the end of the next week, when the European Council will start its session".
Once again, as some years ago, Europe is stuck on itself.
And once again, during the Summer meeting of the European Council, Ministers and Prime Ministers will have to find answers and solutions for saving the development of an Union from what is looking like its second death.
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Comments
It's ok..As I see everyone is angry with Ireland..but I think we should talk about the reasons of their votes...so what are the reasons of Irish people?
Anyway, you know, it's just a referendum, it's just the people - and it's just Ireland... Imagine if it was your country, Estonia... Why if France votes NO we should redo everything and when it's a small country nothing happens? Everyone says: you know, it's just 1% of EU population... And so? Karl Popper said: democracy is not the rule of majority but the respect of minorities.