IRISH EUROPHILES felt humiliated by the electorate’s rejection of constitutional referendums on the Nice and Lisbon treaties in 2001 and 2008 respectively. While both votes were subsequently passed it was clear after Lisbon 2 that an exasperated political class felt Irish voters could not be trusted with such important decisions in future. Since then, as… Read more »
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