Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – by Staff Report
Jose Manuel Barroso Decision to hold referendum surprises many across EU ... The decision to hold a referendum could have profound consequences for the country's future prosperity has caused some surprise in other European Union capitals. In an unexpected intervention in the Dáil yesterday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced that a referendum would be held on the European Stability Treaty. Mr Kenny said he strongly believed that it was "very much in Ireland's national interest" that the treaty be approved by the people. No date has been set for the referendum but it is expected to take place in May or June ... Dr Günther Krichbaum, CDU European spokesman in parliament, said the question Ireland had to vote on was: "Do we want to stand together, do we want a stable and prospering union from which future generations can benefit?" – Irish Times
Dominant Social Theme: These pesky Irish! There are five million of them and 400 million Europeans. Here's a solution. If the Irish are so skeptical of continental rule from Brussels, they can simply go away. We're wiping them out economically via "austerity," but we'd be glad to speed up the process by military means. Say, the Brits really had the right idea. There are really only two solutions to the Irish problem: famine or the sword. Maybe both.
Free-Market Analysis: What the heck are the Irish up to now? Nobody else is going to have a referendum on the European Stability Treaty! It's the last best hope to keep the EU solvent and to knit it into one happy nation like the US.
You know, the Germans said it was unconstitutional and then backed down. And the Germans are way better people that the Irish. That's right. Just better!
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