Saturday, June 14, 2008
Czechs nix Lisbon
Czech president Vaclav Klaus, who is supported by the country's largest political party, called the Irish referendum vote a "victory of freedom and reason" and said "ratification cannot continue". His view was echoed in the Czech senate. Efforts to keep the Lisbon Treaty alive in any form would be near impossible if another country joined Ireland in rejection.
IMO: Lets hope so.
I understand that the Irish Prime Minister had not even read the Lisbon treaty, so although Sein Fein were the only Irish party which opposed the treaty, the Irish had the good sense to vote "No". I was a little surprised to see that I agreed with Gerry Adams' views, but in a sense there are clearly shared feelings about freedom.
IMO: I bet the Czechs had read the Lisbon treaty, they are smart like the Irish but perhaps in a slightly different way. This all gives me more faith in democracy and, perhaps almost paradoxically, much more hope for the EU.
Czech president Vaclav Klaus, who is supported by the country's largest political party, called the Irish referendum vote a "victory of freedom and reason" and said "ratification cannot continue". His view was echoed in the Czech senate. Efforts to keep the Lisbon Treaty alive in any form would be near impossible if another country joined Ireland in rejection.
IMO: Lets hope so.
I understand that the Irish Prime Minister had not even read the Lisbon treaty, so although Sein Fein were the only Irish party which opposed the treaty, the Irish had the good sense to vote "No". I was a little surprised to see that I agreed with Gerry Adams' views, but in a sense there are clearly shared feelings about freedom.
IMO: I bet the Czechs had read the Lisbon treaty, they are smart like the Irish but perhaps in a slightly different way. This all gives me more faith in democracy and, perhaps almost paradoxically, much more hope for the EU.
# posted by uv : 8:32 AM
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