Tony R
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Well, in my opinion, it was simply because the campaign of misinformation was far stronger and more prominent than the pro-referendum Government (and all the main opposition parties, apart from Sinn Fein). The anti campaign instilled fear and a mentality of "the end of the world is nigh" amongst the people which the pro campaign simply wasn't prepared for, despite the Nice experience a couple of years ago. |
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rabbit
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The president of Czech Republic ( Vaclav Klaus ) is rejecting the Lisbon Treaty as well.
The reasons for it are: The treaty is too unfair to small countries and promoting the ones with the large population.
(I will not name them, for I wish my answer to stay).
If China or India was part of European Union they would be the best off and best treated countries.
And that in my believe, is not fair. |
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lotg_4eva
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it had a clause in it declaring it could overwrite the Irish constitution...people died for our freedom and most people were reluctant to just hand it to the EU...some of it was patriosm, some of it was general distrust of the Government and some of it was just not havin a clue what it was... |
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Emily X
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becuase no one had a clue what it was about... and where not going to say yes to somthing we dont understand |
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Jay
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People say it wasn't explained very well, but EVERYONE knew that by voting yes, we were going to be giving up rights that were in our constitution, and therefore technically undo some of what was fought for less than 100years ago. I think rejecting it was the right answer. the E.U. was being a bit of a bully about the whole thing. We would also be leaving ourselve open for Irish people to be Drafted into a European army, thus losing our NEUTRAL status.
NO TO THE NEXT LISBON!!!!!
(yes, theres another one in a few months!!!) (wankers) |
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Aisling xx
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It was REEALY bandly explained! Many people didn't understand it so they said it would be safer to reject it. I think thats one reason anyway.
Another is that people felt it would take away some of our power, independence and neutrality.
I'm only 16 so not able to vote but thats what i understood from it anyway.
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MaryinMilan
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Well it wasn't very well explained..
but I believe it was because Ireland is so small that if the Lisbon treaty was passed then Ireland would lose influence... |
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tzddean
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Like everyone else said, it wasn't explained at all. I'd see debates on the TV, newspapers and radio that went like this:
Yes Voter: "This sentence of the Lisbon treaty says XYZ."
No Voter: "No, that sentence says the complete opposite to XYZ."
So one person is either deliberately lying or has no idea what they're talking about. How are we supposed to know which one it is? How are ordinary people supposed to understand it when both sides have some kind of agenda that they're pushing and refuse to tell us the truth about it?
I thought the Referendum Commission's booklet would explain it because it would be neutral, but then the head of the Referendum Commission admitted that he hadn't read the treaty. In the end I was glad that I couldn't vote because I was out of the country. I honestly don't know what to vote the next time around. |
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gaspipe
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it wasnt explained! nobody really knew alot about it! but we were told that by voting yes we could be drafted and irelands a neutrall country! and we could lose alot of independance when we fought for years to be independant from england! |
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hippo
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because there are a lot of stupid people in ireland. anyone who says it wasnt explained properly or "i didn't understand it!" and so voted no is an idiot. it WAS made very clear by all the partys but pro and against and by an independent committe, all you had to do was use your brain and us it. what happened was we were sheep and just went witht the popular flow instead of using our heads indivdualy and making our own decision. And whats going to happen now if we vote no again, we will part of a two tier europe, left behind with britain. What does this mean, sinn fein and libertas haven't told me what this is going to mean but this is what will happen if we vote no! will we be forced abandon the euro? what then, go sterling. We have 3 choices. 1. go it alone, which we did from 1922 to the 60's, and look how that was, 2. stay in europe and be part of it. 3. just through our lot in with britain, and be part of britain all but in name. |
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finnykid
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We knew absolutely nothing about what we were voting for and still dont so the best option was to vote no.
But as usual if it doesnt go through when they want it then they will do their upmost to get it through anyway by whatever means possible |
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Geek In The Pink. ♥
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Personally, I think it was the lack of knowledge about it and the influence of the media.
Newspapers were confusing us by telling us how "bad" the treaty would be for Ireland and how it would "take away our control over laws" and that sort of mularky.
Hopefully we shall be better informed this time round.
Hope I Helped.
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slipstreamer
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Personally I think it wasn't explained very well, but that is really my view as an outsider.
Different cultures value different things. |
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lauren
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We rejected it because we didn't want to be under rule we wanted to be free |
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Mii
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No one really knew which would be better to vote for! All that the politicians said was vote YES vote NO. Both yes and no was though to be the BEST thing for the country.
The politicians and political parties didn't explain the the pros and cons of the treaty, which is a disgrace, now the country is suffering because of the consequences!! |
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AobhrÃl
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Well personally I voted no (I convinced my dad to vote no on my behalf, I'm too young to legally vote) because I am also anti-globalization and because I tried reading the readable version and it sounded like if it was ratified we would lose our right to a referendum so no way josé was I supporting that, note we were the only country to have a referendum |
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♥ Lucy ♥
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No one knew anything about it. |
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