Will you vote no in the next Lisbon Treaty? And if so.....?

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The Questioner

Nothing that Libertas or Sinn Fein have said has convinced me to vote No. However, last time around my family and I were away and unable to vote.I would like Libertas to disclose where their funding has/is coming from. As for Sinn Fein they are and always have been against Europe, they would like to see us as a small isolated Island off the coast of Europe, with them running the show. As for what will happen if the vote is No again. I think that we will be on the outside looking in at Europe. We owe a lot to the E.U. and we have played a strong part in it, above our weight.We have been an example to many of the new and smaller countries. We have received much in funding and now we will have to pay our share of the common fund. The Government made a mess of the last referendum, and they must share the blame for the No vote. Therefore if we are to make the right choice this time people must be made aware of the pros and cons in good time before the vote
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Flying mop dog

I will vote Yes. Practically every argument put out there by Sinn Fein was a complete lie. As for the people who say we already voted so we shouldn't vote again... The reason many people had for voting no was because they didn't know what it was about so really we should have another vote and have it better explained and this time around if you don't understand then don't vote no, just don't vote. Voting is a responsibility as much as it a right.

Rory M

I'd vote yes, the majority of no voters are people who either don't understand it or are now being stubborn that we will be asked to vote again.

People need to realize that it isn't a Yes/No situation. It's a choice between The Nice treaty and Lisbon. I would take Lisbon any day.

Ireland can be isolated from the rest of Europe...It's not being bullied into anything since the Irish voter has shown 1. His/Her complete ignorance when it comes to complex legislation and 2. That we don't know what we want.

Aisling xx

Hmm... Good question.
I'm pretty sure we can't be thrown out of the EU and we will def be keeping the euro. If we vote no again the whole thing will either be scrapped or we will vote again, which i don't really see happening. There would be uproar if we did. The treaty cannot move without us. It has to include all countries or none at all.
I think YES will win this time though. It was better explained and things were changed e.g us keeping our neutrality.
I still don't think the government should have made us vote again though.
If i was allowed to vote though (im 16) i would vote yes.
Hope i helped!

tzddean

I'm pretty sure that a country cannot be thrown out of the EU. Also, they obviously cannot go on without us, because, for example, there can't be 27 commissioners AND less than 27 commissioners in the European Commission. So if we reject it again, they'll either have to keep putting it to us for vote or else scrap it.

boofuswoolie

YES, I will vote NO again
Demecracy is not a play thing. It respects the rule of law.
I know nothing about Libertas ( actually didn't know of it's existence last time) and I don't like their opportunistic agenda.'
The law stated that " Lisbon" falls dead on rejection so let it be.
Self serving politicians are really guilty of high treason lyingly manipulationg the fate of a nation.

Geek In The Pink. â™¥

If I could vote, I'd have voted NO the first time and NO again.
Perhaps they'll keep making us vote until we say yes.
I hope we won't have to leave the EU. I'm sure we won't, it's too important for us to be in it.
I wish they'd explain the treaty to us clearly and simply to us. All I've heard is the negative elements of it. But surely it can't be bad if all the other EU countries voted yes?
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Sshhhh! It's Podge and Rodge

We agree with Cyrus. We voted Yes to Lisbon last time but the majority voted No. How can the Irish Government turn around now and say that it doesn't really matter and we'll keep putting it to the people until we get a Yes vote? That sounds like something that a dictator would do in a tin-pot African country.
We should have a clause enshrined in our constitution whereby if a referendum is put to the Irish people then the results of that referendum must be respected, and a similar referendum cannot take place again for at least, say, a period of 5 years.
We're in favour of the Lisbon Treaty but we won't be voting in the next Lisbon Referendum because this whole thing stinks of railroading.

We probably haven't answered your question properly either but sher there you go.

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