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  • Ireland’s re-referendum – an absolute scandal

    Carl Gardner
    December 12, 2008

    It’s hard to find the words for how I feel about the proposed second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty: cynical, depressed, angry, frustrated, concerned – all those, and more. This suggestion is an absolute scandal, revealing the authoritarian […]

    Tags: europe, ireland, lisbon treaty
  • Lisbon Treaty: where is all this going?

    Carl Gardner
    June 17, 2008

    David Miliband’s statement in the Commons yesterday was quite revealing, and confirms the accuracy of the story leaked to the Sunday Times suggesting that, privately, the government believes Lisbon is dead. Most of the statement and reactions to […]

    Tags: ireland, lisbon treaty
  • Ireland’s No: the reaction

    Carl Gardner
    June 16, 2008

    The two opinion pieces that have most closely reflected my views are those by John Rentoul in the “Sindy“ yesterday and Hugo Brady at Comment is Free. I think John Rentoul is right that

    Tags: ireland, lisbon treaty
  • Charon QC podcast: the Irish No and the Lisbon Treaty

    Carl Gardner
    June 15, 2008

    Big public law issues have come thick and fast this week, so today Charon QC and I talk about what happens now to the Lisbon Treaty, after the Irish “No”: what the options are, and what I think

    Tags: charon qc, ireland, lisbon treaty, podcasts
  • Lisbon Treaty: Europe’s future is at stake

    Carl Gardner
    June 13, 2008

    It is No, then. I’m pleased, I must say. It’s not that I’m a Eurospectic: I’m not. Actually I think most of the content of the Treaty is perfectly reasonable. Why I would have voted no, and why I’m […]

    Tags: ireland, lisbon treaty
  • It looks like NO…

    Carl Gardner
    June 13, 2008

    If this is right, it’s astonishing news, and Europe will be pitched into crisis again. I can understand how Irish voters came to say No: as Michael Portillo said on telly last night, simply the knowledge that the French, […]

    Tags: ireland, lisbon treaty
  • Are the Irish about to kill the Lisbon Treaty?

    Carl Gardner
    June 10, 2008

    It’s not been a big news story, but if you think about it, it could be one of the biggest political stories of 2008: on Thursday, Irish voters choose in a referendum whether or not to approve the Treaty of […]

    Tags: eu reform treaty, ireland, lisbon treaty
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