[AnotherUnixGeek]

This time all countries but Ireland avoided a referendum.

In other words, the EU bureaucrats didn't bother to consult the citizens of their respective nations on an issue concerning their sovereignty? Is this accurate? And the people of Western Europe are OK with this?

[Calvin Locke]

And the people of Western Europe are OK with this?

Usually no. That is, if they are allowed a vote on the matter.

[VlPu]

People who fought centuries for their independence can remember best what independence means.

One of the symbols used by the "EU" to underline how completely the masses in former christian western Europe were transformed into zombies (1), was having the final document, formally sealing the destruction of national independence of 27 former european nations, named Treaty of Lisbon.

Why does the "EU" use Portugal related symbology in the "Birth of EU" script
http://end-time-signs.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-do-illuminati-use-portugal-related.html

[WoofDog123]

“And the people of Western Europe are OK with this?
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That is NOT one of the items that concerns the EU, and in fact the double-insulation from voter backlash almost guarantees Brussells will never have to deal with the little people’s views again once they manage to pull this off, eventually.