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Saturday, 14 June 2008
EU referendum: Gordon Brown under pressure to ditch Lisbon Treaty after Ireland's 'no' vote
'Gordon Brown is under intense pressure to declare that the Lisbon Treaty is dead after it was rejected by Irish voters, throwing plans for European integration into chaos.
The Treaty was rejected by 53.4 per cent of Irish voters in a decision which has far-reaching implications for Europe and threatens to kill the pact.'
'Governments in the European Union are exploring what to do after the Irish Republic's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty to reform the expanded EU.
France and Germany have described the No vote in the referendum as a serious blow but have urged the EU to press ahead with the project.
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said the treaty was not dead.'
Of course it's not. It's the agenda and will not be allowed to fall by something so irrelevant to them as the public will.
