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First glimpse of victory for European democracy in Ireland?

Fri, 13/06/2008 - 11:49 — admin-b

Dublin

Friday morning, 13 June 2008 - 10.40 a.m. Irish time

It now looks as if the NOs may be heading for a referendum win in Ireland!
This is based on estimates of the early “tallies”,which are rough impressions of the size of Yes and No votes, but before the count proper begins.
This is great news and looks like being a victory for democracy in Ireland and for Europe.
The counting proper is only now beginning and the final result should be available this afternoon.

All good wishes,

Anthony Coughlan
The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre
24 Crawford Avenue
Dublin 9

Tel.: 01-8305792 ;

FEW MEDIA INDICATORS:
Early Lisbon tallies lean toward No vote
‘No’ camp appears to have edge in Lisbon count
No vote gaining ground in Galway
No camp has edge in Lisbon count
‘Strong show’ for Irish No vote
Ireland Rejects Euro Treaty
Dublin Set to Reject EU Treaty-Senior Politician
French PM Says ´No Lisbon Treaty´ if Irish Vote No
Europe holds its breath for result of Ireland’s vote

Comments

Fri, 13/06/2008 - 12:10 — Stefan Lejonbalk (not verified)

There is still hope

Ireland is one of the last cards we have to play with. If Ireland vote yes, we will have a lot of trouble trying to save the democracy. I find it quite weird that some countries allowed their people to vote the first time, but not the 2nd. It’s like sending out the message “you are allowed to vote as long as you vote the way we want you to”. They can’t take another defeat. It seems as if the EU-romantics are willing to do everything in their power to make sure that they get their super-state. But most of them are not willing to tell the people this.