Ireland's Vote in Favour of the Lisbon Treaty - an Afterword

2 Pages Posted: 7 Nov 2009

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Gavin Barrett

Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin

Date Written: November 6, 2009

Abstract

The monumental potential significance for Europe of Ireland’s ‘yes’ vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum may not yet be fully understood by all. If the Lisbon Treaty now enters into force, the Irish electorate’s rethink will have rescued the viability of European unity, in all probability for a generation. If the ‘no’ side had prevailed in the referendum, not just the Lisbon Treaty itself would have been killed off. So too would any prospect of reforming the EU for years.This paper contains reflections on such implications of the referendum result in Ireland on October 2, 2009

Keywords: Lisbon, referendum, Treaty of Lisbon, Lisbon Treaty, referendum, European Union, reform process, Ireland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic

JEL Classification: K00, K19, K30

Suggested Citation

Barrett, Gavin Michael, Ireland's Vote in Favour of the Lisbon Treaty - an Afterword (November 6, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1501275 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1501275

Gavin Michael Barrett (Contact Author)

Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin ( email )

Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

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