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EU Plans To Ignore Irish Referendum Vote!,
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
The Irish Government told the EU yesterday that Ireland will not seek
to renegotiate any part of the Nice Treaty in advance of a second referendum
on the issue. The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, told a
meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg that the Government will
seek to ratify the present treaty before the end of 2002.
The meeting reaffirmed the Council's commitment to the process of enlargement
and said last week's referendum result would not affect the pace of negotiations
with candidate countries. "While respecting the will of the Irish
people, ministers express their regret at the results of the Irish referendum
on the Treaty of Nice. They exclude any reopening of the text signed in
Nice. The ratification process will continue on the basis of this text
and in accordance with the agreed timetable," said a statement. So
much for the will of the people!
But Mr Cowen rejected a suggestion that, by holding a second referendum
on Nice, the Government would be flouting the democratically expressed
will of the people. He said the Irish people remained committed to EU
enlargement and that he had to find a way of moving forward with that
process while addressing the concerns expressed during the campaign.
"Bernadette, speak directly to your Taoiseach," said Irish
radio presenter Joe Duffy on Monday, as he invited listeners on the headline
Irish radio channel to explain why they voted against ratification of
the Nice treaty in last thursday's referendum.
The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, who apparently listened to the programme,
will have heard a litany of complaints, ranging from fears over loss of
influence in an enlarged EU to concerns that the EU's military plans might
threaten Ireland's traditional neutrality.
One Irish minister admitted yesterday to having voted No: Eamon O'Cuiv,
junior agriculture minister and grandson of Eamon de Valera, one of founders
of the republic, was unrepentant. "I think the Taoiseach will see
this exactly the way it is. I was very loyal to the government. As a citizen
I have a right and so does every other member from the president down,
I have no responsibility as a minister to vote in any predetermined way
at the ballot box."
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