Since the Irish rejection of the Treaty of Lisbon on 12 June 2008, the European decision-making machinery has done what it does best: cooling down a hot political debate and carefully building a consensus. The European Summit has now determined what concessions will be made to the Irish in exchange for their ratification of the treaty: the College of Commissioners will continue to comprise one member per country beyond the year 2014 and Ireland will receive “necessary legal guarantees” on certain sensitive matters. Despite this progress, however, the authors warn that it may prove inadequate to extract approval from the Irish in a second referendum
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on ratification and to provide policy-makers with an as...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
Irish voters are about to go to the polls for a second time to decide the fate of the Treaty of Lisb...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
Given the problems created by the failed Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon for the European ...
Ireland’s fiscal position has severely degraded by the global financial crisis and the Government ha...
Changes to the Irish Constitution require a referendum and all major new EU treaties have been put t...
Ireland has rejected the Treaty of Lisbon. More than six years after the start of the constitutional...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
Ireland’s fiscal position has severely degraded by the global financial crisis and the Government ha...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on ratification and to provide policy-makers with an as...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
Irish voters are about to go to the polls for a second time to decide the fate of the Treaty of Lisb...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
Given the problems created by the failed Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon for the European ...
Ireland’s fiscal position has severely degraded by the global financial crisis and the Government ha...
Changes to the Irish Constitution require a referendum and all major new EU treaties have been put t...
Ireland has rejected the Treaty of Lisbon. More than six years after the start of the constitutional...
The Irish Government has decided to hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. A Bertelsmann ...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
Ireland’s fiscal position has severely degraded by the global financial crisis and the Government ha...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...
This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on ratification and to provide policy-makers with an as...
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty will have a decisive bearing on the European Un...