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Voters in the Republic of Ireland decisively voted down the so-called Lisbon Treaty last week, a EU bill that would have dramatically restructured the European Union system of governance. Critics have called it an aim to centralize more power in the hands of the EU bureaucracy and executive at the expense of local autonomy.
The Euro people say all this is highly necessary for the future of a strong EU, but time and time again the proposal gets shot down. A few years ago a similar reform package was shot down by French, and then Dutch voters, which led to the package being retooled as a “treaty” that didn’t need voter assent. But the Irish put it to a vote anyway, and that ruined everything, because unanimous consent from all member states is needed for this kind of thing.
But the Eurocrats won’t take no for an answer. “One way or another, we will bring the Irish back on board,” said the leader of the EU’s social democratic caucus. The steamroller plows forward.
