I know I've come late to the subject of the Irish EU referendum result but it is still a live issue. Today the Guardian records that Nicolas Sarkozy is "to try to cajole the Irish into staging a second vote on the EU's stalled reform blueprint."
If the Irish are given a second chance to see if they get the same result should the 19 countries ,which have already ratified the treaty, not go through equivalent processes - just to see if they all still get the same answer? It's only logical after all. Why should only one country get two chances?
I know! I know! I'm being silly. Students who pass their exams don't have to resit them. Only those who failed initially have to resit in a second attempt to pass.
But the Irish didn't fail. They gave one of the two possible correct answers.
I'm confused.
3 comments:
Some countries didn't get the chance to sit the test ;-)
I agree with the point I think you are making: only the Irish people had a chance to vote directly. I wanted to steer clear of the referendum issue but 19 countries so far, by some mechanism, had the opportunity to say Y or N and so why should these countries not revisit the issue if the Irish are expected to do so.
I think we are thinking along the same lines.
If the Irish have to reevaluate their Y or N I think they all should too! But why should any of them have to, they have expressed their opinion already!
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