Can not be too welcome the popular ratification of the Lisbon Treaty Irish. Indeed, the vote boosts the dynamic integrationist Europe after the disastrous releases of the Constitution in Spring 2005. Certainly, Czechs, Poles and Britons remain opposed to the movement and the risk of explosion still exists. Time will tell if Europe is still dreaming these former members of Comecon, or if their entry into the Union has not been somewhat hasty. Already, the decline in popularity grew during the European elections this spring. Although the real motivations of voters were related to the internal political situation of each State, made up of European political landscape integration, low electoral mobilization does pose questions about the democratic reality of the European movement.
This brings us back to why the Irish turnaround. The economy of this little "Tiger" Europe has suffered the brunt of the recession begun a year ago. This economic background of the constitutional debate is eerily reminiscent Irish conditions for the failure of France in 2005. At that time also, the rejection of Europe was based on economic dogmas necessarily absent from the fundamental political text. Where French had found too much liberalism in 2005, the Irish had not quite found three years later. The economic crisis has shown them that without Europe - but she was actually part - Ireland invariably returned to the potato fields of Connemara.
Is this real? No, of course. With or without Europe, the economic choices still belong largely to the states and companies to host their territory. The current crisis has not challenged this inversion of common sense which means subjecting the public good with economic realities, political choices referring to simple arbitrage backyard. Naturally, the construction Europe, but especially in our contemporary societies can not be satisfied with this approach. Civic Responsibility policy is too often forgotten, both by themselves and their constituents. And Irish constitutional debates show us how Europe does not exist. The recipe used was the same in France for the vote of Maastricht where the text was accepted, where we were promised the seven plagues of Egypt.
is not achieved a European consciousness, based on a desire to live together on such criteria. Unfortunately!
