Ireland Commissioner Says Most EU Countries Would Reject Lisbon Treaty

Ireland's EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has conceded that voters in most EU countries would reject the stalled Lisbon Treaty.

His admission came as Brian Cowen, the Irsih prime minister, was set to announce 2 October as the date when Ireland holds its second referendum on the document.

The treaty, which proposes the first full-time President of the European Council, is highly contentious and was rejected by the Irish in a referendum in June last year.

But current opinion polls suggest the Irish will vote Yes this time.

However, Mr McCreevy, the internal market commissioner, said that if the treaty had been put to a public vote, it would have been rejected by 95 per cent of the 27 member states.

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This really shows the extent to which the peoples of Europe have been railroaded, bullied and coerced into this nightmare dictatorship!