EU Treaty

Hague repeats treaty vote pledge

BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

William Hague says an incoming Tory government would hold a referendum on the EU treaty - if it has not been ratified.

Tories 'won't give up' on EU treaty referendum

Euractive (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

William Hague, the UK shadow foreign secretary, pledged to put the EU's Reform Treaty to a public vote if the Conservatives were to come to power, as the Tories continue to lead in opinion polls ahead of a general election which Labour must call before May 2010.

EU treaty opponent faces scrutiny over U.S. ties

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

A deputy in the European Parliament suggested that the leading Irish no campaigner, Declan Ganley, might have ties to the CIA. But no evidence of a link has emerged.

Irish Vote to Hold Up EU Treaty

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008

EU leaders increasingly doubt that Ireland will ratify a key bloc treaty before spring.

EU treaty unlikely until 2010

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008

The European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, rejected by Irish voters three months ago, appears unlikely to come into effect until January 2010 at the earliest, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, said

• No Lisbon Treaty by June 2009, Juncker says - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Lisbon Treaty 'unlikely before 2010' - Juncker - ireland.com
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Finnish president ratifes EU reform treaty

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

Helsinki - Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Friday formally ratified the European Union reform treaty. Parliament approved the Lisbon Treaty in June with a clear majority. Halonen also urged the regional parliament of the Aland islands to ratify th...

EU Treaty: public don't want it, whether they understand it or not

Daniel Hannan (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

I hadn't planned to return to the subject of Ireland's referendum . There seemed nothing more to say. I'm sticking to my prediction that there won't be a second referendum on the European Constitution Lisbon Treaty (though there may be a vote on some bits of it, once the bulk has been rammed throu...

Jesuitical. Sort of. Eamon Gilmore and Lisbon.

The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

Can’t help but be slightly - very slightly - amused by Eamon Gilmore’s latest pronouncements in the Irish Times. Fresh from the Labour Party confab in Clonmel he is reported as follows: Mr Gilmore accepted that any constitutional change that will arise from an EU treaty will require a referendum but said that Ireland needed to [...]

• Gilmore expecting further vote on Europe - Credo,Catholic Journal (Ireland)
• Gilmore sees another vote on Europe - ireland.com

Irish verdict on the EU Treaty: incomprehensible!

The Party Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

The Irish government has finally released the data from a survey it took to determine why the Irish people voted to reject the Lisbon Treaty. The findings are pretty damning, not least for the government who called it.

Irish still unclear on how to reverse 'no' vote on EU treaty

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Ireland on Wednesday acknowledged that it still had no clear idea how to reverse a referendum "no" vote that plunged the European Union into political crisis three months ago.

Compromise over Irish revote on EU treaty takes shape

Euractive (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008

A compromise package aimed at convincing the Irish to return to the urns and agree to the Lisbon Treaty seems to be taking shape as Dublin considers opt-outs on defence. Meanwhile, EU countries appear to be leaning towards retaining the current system of one commissioner per country in response to Ireland's concerns that it may lose its commissioner.

Irish Europe minister says second EU treaty vote necessary

Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

A second Irish vote may be necessary on the EU's key reform treaty, the country's Europe Minister Dick Roche said on Monday.Ireland sent shockwaves through the European Union when 53

Another Lisbon vote not a great option but it is a democratic one

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

A second Lisbon referendum is the least bad option facing us because doing nothing is not on and the Oireachtas has serially abdicated its decision taking role on EU treaties, writes

Irish 'need new EU treaty vote'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

The Irish Republic may need to hold a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty, an Irish minister says.

Minister says Ireland needs second EU treaty vote

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland needs to hold a second referendum on the European Union's reform treaty to avoid isolation because all other 26 member states appear likely to ratify it, Ireland's European affairs minister said on Monday.