Daniel Hannan admits changed mood ahead of Lisbon referendum

The irreconcilable UK anti-EU crusader Daniel Hannan admits that the mood in Ireland has changed ahead of the Lisbon 2009 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Hannan even conjectures on the reasons.

He only misses the most obvious causes for the latest reliable opinion polls:

The Irish voters are more knowledgeable because of information efforts and a longer debate. They are less confused by misleading assertions by No campaigners, because of clarifying guarantees and assurances by Ireland’s European partners. They realise that they are better off within the Eurozone and with the support of the European Central Bank, than outside on their own. They trust the business leaders, economists, academics, trade unionists and farmers’ leaders who believe that the Lisbon Treaty is in the best interests of Ireland. They comprehend that their country can make friends and influence people by participating fully in the European Union, rather than by rejecting the amending treaty.

The Irish may even see why Conservative English politicians are so keen for them to wreck the Lisbon Treaty.


Ralf Grahn