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Aug 7, 2008 

Part 2 | Europe's messy march to a more perfect union | Seattle Times Newspaper

Opinion | Part 2 | Europe's messy march to a more perfect union | Seattle Times Newspaper:

"Part 2 | Europe's messy march to a more perfect union

It is, I suppose, ironic that the important recent rejection of the Lisbon Treaty came from the Irish, who perhaps have benefited more from...

By Michael Macdonald

Special to The Times

* Part 1 | Europe's messy march to a more perfect union

It is, I suppose, ironic that the important recent rejection of the Lisbon Treaty came from the Irish, who perhaps have benefited more from the open trade and investment of the European Union than any other EU country. But democracies (and I love and support them!) have long been better at taking than giving."

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