Ireland Gets Left Behind

With the expansion of the EU to twenty seven member states, current legislation is no longer workable and it is necessary to streamline the EU constitution to improve decision-making. Unfortunately, in a recent referendum, the Irish people decided to reject a EU reform treaty and, in doing so, have set the progress of the institution back by around five years (my estimation).

I cannot understand why the Irish want to be in Europe but simultaneously want Europe to be dysfunctional - it doesn't tally.

Following the referendum, Sarkozy (the president of the EU) visited Ireland to find out what went wrong and to work out the best way to proceed.

For what it's worth, I believe that the EU should find a way to proceed with the reforms and leave Ireland behind. In effect, this would involve placing Ireland on the bottom rung of a "two tier" system thus preventing it from causing future obstructions. It is only fair that the Irish electorate experience the fall out of their reckless voting. In addition, the 55% of the population who couldn't be bothered to vote don't deserve anything better.