Comments on: Lisbon ratification crisis escalates http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/lisbon-ratification-crisis-escalates/ European Opinion Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Desmond McGrath http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/lisbon-ratification-crisis-escalates/#comment-21069 Desmond McGrath Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:53:12 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3267#comment-21069 Here in Hungary, communist-era dissident Gáspár Miklós Támás has just started a group bent on having a Europe-wide referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Interestingly, one of the co-founders heads something called the Communist Party 2006. (Mr. Támás has come to like Karl Marx in recent years. And, yes, he does appreciate the irony.) Here in Hungary, communist-era dissident Gáspár Miklós Támás has just started a group bent on having a Europe-wide referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Interestingly, one of the co-founders heads something called the Communist Party 2006.
(Mr. Támás has come to like Karl Marx in recent years. And, yes, he does appreciate the irony.)

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/lisbon-ratification-crisis-escalates/#comment-21065 Aidan Kehoe Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:34:15 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3267#comment-21065 The German president is <a>delaying signing it</a> until a legal constitutional challenge is resolved, too. The German president is delaying signing it until a legal constitutional challenge is resolved, too.

]]> By: rz http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/lisbon-ratification-crisis-escalates/#comment-21053 rz Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:02:47 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3267#comment-21053 It will be interessting to see if those who until very recently pledged their lives to direct democracy, will now cheer on the two presidents when the veto the treaty. It will be interessting to see if those who until very recently pledged their lives to direct democracy, will now cheer on the two presidents when the veto the treaty.

]]> By: Ralf Grahn http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/lisbon-ratification-crisis-escalates/#comment-21049 Ralf Grahn Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:39:36 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3267#comment-21049 More exactly, two presidents are not buying. Is the EU going to continue setting itself up for political blackmail? More exactly, two presidents are not buying.

Is the EU going to continue setting itself up for political blackmail?

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