Abstract
To understand the context, we have to go back a couple of years, 2008. As we know, there was the first Lisbon referendum, that we can also call The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008, which had the goal of the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. Most of the European countries ratified the treaty in a parliamentary process, without the opinion of the population, like in France in 2008. This solution could be seen as a way of imposing the decision on the people of the country. Ireland is the only country that has held a public referendum on the Treaty. The first vote happened in 2008 but the Irish people have decided to say 'no' for the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. These results have been a real surprise for the European Union. The major problem of this negative answer was if one of the countries disagrees, it is impossible to put in place the treaty. To be more precise, we have found some of the reasons which could explain the Irish vote. These main points were about the military neutrality, the abortion, the taxation of the country, the preservation of the commissioner for each country of the European Union. The European Council has shared in the wills of Ireland and decided to meet requirements of this country for a second vote for the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. In 2009, Ireland finally said yes. But, what are the reasons for this decisive change? It is important to understand well the European background and precisely the Irish situation to analyze the decisions taken by the Irish people, and what are the consequences?
