José Manuel Barroso
Jun 14 2008, View Point

Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty is considered as a big blow to the dream of consolidating the 27-nation Union. Irish voters strongly feel that the Union is biased, remote, undemocratic and might not allow smaller nations to decide their own...

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