"EU vows to push reforms Irish rejection in plebiscite a setback"- The Washington Times
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"EU vows to push reforms Irish rejection in plebiscite a setback"

Baptiste Etchegaray, The Washington Times - 14 June 2008

 

 

"It is too early now to say exactly what is going to happen with Ireland," said political analyst Gaetane Ricard-Nihoul of the Paris-based, EU-centered think tank Notre Europe. "But we must not do the same mistake as after the French and Dutch referendums, when the constitution was simply given up."

"The lesson today is - when we [suppress] the institutional debate, people reject the treaty. So we should not fear anymore talking about it," she added.

 

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Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul
Former Secretary General from 2004 to 2011, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul joined the European Commission Representation in Paris on 1 February 2011. Institutions, Democracy, Education and Culture.
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