EU to keep pushing for dead parrot treaty

Ireland must solve its ‘problem’ and get the right result on Lisbon.

The European Union’s unique version of democratic surrealism continues unabated, it seems. In accordance with the Irish constitutional imperative, the Irish people - in sovereign referendum - reject the Lisbon Treaty. Their voting majority is large, the turnout considerable.

What is the European response? One after another, the leaders of Europe tell us that they respect the Irish decision but we ...