shdbdnd·6 年前·discussIndeed, like every other election the EU has lost. Ignore the result.Remind me how the Lisbon treaty was passed when it was known as the EI constitution?Most voters didn’t get a chance to vote on the most fundamental change of their countries’ being.The voters who did get to vote rejected it. Margins of 10% (France) And 20% (Holland).So what did the EU do?Cancel the referendums in Portugal and the UK to avoid further embarrassment.Then they pretended to have won Brezhnev level margins and passed the constitution anyway.That is how the Lisbon treaty was passed, right?
Remind me how the Lisbon treaty was passed when it was known as the EI constitution?
Most voters didn’t get a chance to vote on the most fundamental change of their countries’ being.
The voters who did get to vote rejected it. Margins of 10% (France) And 20% (Holland).
So what did the EU do?
Cancel the referendums in Portugal and the UK to avoid further embarrassment.
Then they pretended to have won Brezhnev level margins and passed the constitution anyway.
That is how the Lisbon treaty was passed, right?