tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136383.post2238551629442496008..comments2024-03-07T10:17:41.979+00:00Comments on the tap: What If Germany Rejects Lisbon?Tapestryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136383.post-54039733107888593332008-06-26T04:09:00.000+00:002008-06-26T04:09:00.000+00:00The lack of reporting about Italy's Lisbon trouble...The lack of reporting about Italy's Lisbon troubles tends to indicate that they are more serious. A key part of a governing coalition can hardly be ignored.Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136383.post-69133517733397895762008-06-26T04:07:00.000+00:002008-06-26T04:07:00.000+00:00Grahnlaw - cranks and conspiracies. I guess you t...Grahnlaw - cranks and conspiracies. <BR/><BR/>I guess you think Sarkozy, Brown, Barroso and Merkel are psychologically unblemished!<BR/><BR/>Democracy is not a conspiracy.Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136383.post-83571388860933792572008-06-26T04:05:00.000+00:002008-06-26T04:05:00.000+00:00lunovis - I will check but from memory it was Open...lunovis - I will check but from memory it was Open Europe, who reported on Europe wide polling recently, the polling carried out by a TLA-named polling organisation<BR/><BR/>(TLA = Three Letter Abbreviation!)Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136383.post-85558663600139675952008-06-26T01:06:00.000+00:002008-06-26T01:06:00.000+00:00"The economic troubles facing the Eurozone are inc..."The economic troubles facing the Eurozone are increasing political opposition to the Euro in Germany, where a growing majority want the return of the D-Mark."<BR/><BR/>Could you point me to your sources, please?lunovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710756172224437306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136383.post-26133774843693642782008-06-25T22:19:00.000+00:002008-06-25T22:19:00.000+00:00It isn't always a question of conspiracy. We have ...It isn't always a question of conspiracy. <BR/><BR/><BR/>We have not seen the verdict of the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), but I think that you and some others make too much of it. <BR/><BR/>The Court declined to rule on the Constitutional Treaty, because the ratification processes were called off. <BR/><BR/>The Court has been thorough in its analysis of former treaties, but the contestants are widely seen as cranks and their cases to be without merit.<BR/><BR/>This is the reason why I have named Cyprus, Poland and the Czech Republic as potential problems, in addition to Ireland, of course. <BR/><BR/>Sweden has been slow all along, but in the end I suppose that the opposition social democrats are mainly going to vote in favour. <BR/><BR/>Italy is a problematic case of governance generally, but I suppose that the Lisbon Treaty is a problem within the government coalition, not with regard to overall support.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.com