Promising news: Not all the EU countries are dissing Ireland vote

George L. writes

The fat lady has not sung yet but she is clearing her throat:

No 10 Admits EU treaty is finished

Gordon Brown is privately ready to sacrifice the Lisbon treaty rather than allow the Irish no vote to create a two-tier Europe.

Despite the Irish referendum, France, Germany and senior Brussels officials have insisted there should be no delay in implementing the European Union blueprint. But No 10 sources say the prime minister would rather see the entire constitutional treaty collapse than allow individual member states to be left trailing in a two-speed Europe.

If Brown pulls the plug on Lisbon, that should be the end for this particular treaty. Other EU leaders are pressuring Brown not to take this thing off of life support but Brown appears to be afraid of the political consequences to moving forward.

If he does kill off Lisbon, EU integration will come to a halt for a few years at least.

Doug E. writes:

More good news:

EU referendum: Czech president says Lisbon Treaty project is over

The Czechs have hammered another nail into the coffin of the Lisbon treaty by declaring that ratification must stop.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at June 14, 2008 09:05 PM | Send