Irish vote "yes"

Last modification: 05/10/09

Irish vote "yes"

Irish voters alarmed by the country's stalling economy have overwhelmingly approved the European Union's Lisbon Treaty in a referendum on October 2, reversing a narrow "no" vote in a first referendum last year.

On June 12, 2008, 53 percent of Irish voters ticked the "no" box in a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, plunging the 27-nation bloc into crisis. Fourteen months and a global economic crisis later, the former "Celtic Tiger" approved the treaty in a second referendum with a huge majority of 67 percent. Having praised the Irish for their change of mind, EU leaders have now turned their eyes towards the Czech Republic and Poland, the last two countries holding up the final ratification of a treaty designed to streamline decision-making in the EU.

LISBON TREATY

European leaders praise Ireland's massive 'yes' to the EU

67 percent of Irish voters have endorsed the EU Lisbon Treaty, opening the way for an end to the bloc's constitutional deadlock. Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen called the vote "a good day for Ireland and... a good day for Europe"
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Irish voters increasingly polarised ahead of key referendum

Campaigning by both the "yes" and "no" camps is becoming increasingly heated as the finishing line approaches.
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Europe's powers banking on Ireland 'yes' vote to avert crisis

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen (photo), a proponent of the Lisbon Treaty, is out campaigning for a "yes" vote ahead of Ireland's referendum. The faltering Irish economy may push voters toward ratification.
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Document's fate lies in Ireland's hands

The Irish go to the polls in a referendum on Friday to give their verdict on the Lisbon Treaty, after 53.4% of voters rejected it in 2008. Since then, what have been the main issues that may persuade the population to change its mind?

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