(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Although about 70 percent of the media, 80 percent of the economic elite and 90 percent of the political elite fought for a yes, Ireland voted no to the Lisbon Treaty. In the same way as in previous EU polls in Norway and other countries, a grassroots movement has managed to beat the power elite. It was inspiring and engaging to be present in Dublin in the days before and after the clean-up.
For some, it is painful and difficult to see that the main reason why the Iranians voted no was actually that they did not want to introduce the Lisbon Treaty. In the Norwegian debate, it is said that Iranians actually meant to vote no to abortion, the government, gay marriage, economic downturns or bad weather.
It may well be thought that many fools are dissatisfied with the government, but the polls show that they would have been elected with a clear majority. The value policy theory should be weakened by figures from the EU's own polling firm Eurobarometer, which shows that twice as many young people voted no as yes. The only age group with a yes majority was the very oldest. Among the students, 72 voted no percent. When jasida states that it was primarily to prevent free abortion and gay marriage that people voted no: Do they think that Irish pensioners are so much more liberal in value than Irish students?
Of course, there were many different reasons why people voted no, in the same way that there were many different reasons why people voted yes. One argument that was more widely used in Ireland than in the Norwegian EU debate is the argument of neutrality. Irish neutrality is the trough of building the EU as a military force, and it is increasingly coordinating foreign policy in the Union.
The democracy argument was also strong. Irane wants to have an influence over his own future. The Lisbon Treaty would have reduced Ireland and other small countries to vote in EU bodies, doubling Germany's share of the vote. In addition, the EU could use majority voting in 60 new areas, ie a still more supranational union. Many also said that they did not understand what the Lisbon Treaty was about, and that they would not sign a contract that they could not know the consequences of.
In most European countries, an EU debate and whether the trend towards an ever closer union is somewhat positive or negative. In all countries, those for the EU say: "If they vote no, dives will be isolated from Europe". It said that when France voted no to the EU Constitution, it said that in the Irish debate and in the Swedish euro debate. I think it's quite ironic with slogans like "Europe, Lets be at the heart of it", which dominated the yes posters on the Dublin lantern. I mean, the Irish jasida said that Ireland, if they voted no, would no longer be part of Europe. And what continent would they become part of? America? Oceania?
No other country should have public harvesting. The treaty is becoming more hands-on in parliament. It is dangerous to ask the people if it is okay to move more power to Brussels. They could think of voting no. Despite the Irish no, the ratification process was successful in other countries. The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barrosso, has urged the countries to do so to put maximum pressure on Ireland. The more countries that have ratified the treaty, the harder it will be for Ireland to change it. Finally, Ireland may even have to vote again and again, until they vote "right" in the EU elite's eyes. It is democracy in the EU way.
