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The Vampire Treaty and the Irish Referendum
The Irish referendum on the new fiscal treaty is not about Ireland’s membership in the Eurozone. Rather, it is a vote for or against permanent austerity in Ireland. After the release of the new Fiscal Treaty, Angela Merkel said “The debt brakes will be binding forever. Never will you be able to change them through a parliamentary majority”. She has elsewhere spoken of the new fiscal rules as having “eternal validity”.
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Irish voice scepticism at referendum on EU fiscal treaty
The Irish public showed a muted reaction to Tuesday’s announcement that they will be heading to the polls to vote on the EU fiscal compact treaty, which would pass more control on eurozone countries’ budget decisions to the European... Read Post
An Irish EU Treaty Referendum Would Effectively Be A Vote On The Euro
IRELAND’S POTENTIAL REFERENDUM on whether to ratify last week’s European financial treaty will be tantamount to a vote on whether Ireland wishes to remain in the eurozone, finance minister Michael Noonan has said. The minister for f... Read Post
Fiscal Treaty Referendum: “the outcome is still in the hands of undecided voters”
Worth noting the result of the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll of voting intentions in Ireland’s European fiscal treaty referendum on Thursday. From the Irish Times report Asked how they were likely to vote on the treaty, 39 per... Read Post