Against a new referendum

Shortly before his visit to Ireland EU Council President Nicolas Sarkozy has caused irritation among the Irish with his remark that they should hold a second vote on the Lisbon treaty. The peace activist Roger Cole predicts a second No vote. "The reason is that the issues of Irish independence, the militarisation of the EU and the commitment to Irish neutrality were central to the No vote. The Irish Times and the [market research institution] TSN mrbi polls carried out in the week before the vote ... showed safeguarding Irish neutrality and keeping Ireland's power and identity were the main reasons for the result. ... [Nicolas Sarkozy] seeks to massively accelerate the process of the militarisation of the EU and to establish a 60,000-strong EU army; ...The Irish people ... have shown to the world a rare glimpse of sanity and reality by voting No to Sarkozy and his treaty."

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