Lisbon Treaty: In Perilous post-Celtic Tiger times, Ireland opts for Impotence in Europe’s greatest success of past thousand years
Jun 14th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Lisbon Treaty: The rejection by Irish voters of the proposals to streamline decision making in an enlarged European Union is a watershed. The once proud Europeans have opted for impotence and whatever can be salvaged from the wreckage, rightly or wrongly, the Irish will be framed by many in Europe in the reaction of President Stipe Mesic of aspiring member Croatia, who said: "Now that they have used the accession and structural funds, when they have developed enormously, I'm a little surprised that the solidarity is at an end."