Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The Lisbon Fiasco.

'Shortly before Ireland voted, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Durrão Barroso, warned electors that there was no Plan B.
Irish commentators innocently took this to mean that, if the treaty was rejected, it would be dropped. What Barroso in fact meant, as is now clear, is that Plan A would be resubmitted over and over again.'
[Thanks to Dan Hannan MEP.]

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