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4 December 2008
BERLIN - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen said here Wednesday he hoped with his European Union partners to find an "acceptable way" to break the deadlock over the EU's reform treaty, ahead of a summit next week.
Cowen is mulling whether to hold a second vote on the Lisbon Treaty after Irish voters rejected it at the polls in June, plunging the 27-nation bloc into institutional limbo and putting plans for structural reform on hold.
"Working closely with my colleagues within the European council, I'm hopeful that we can identify the elements of an acceptable way forward next week," Cowen said, referring to the EU summit in Brussels on 11-12 December.
The Irish premier said any resolution to the impasse must address not only the concerns of the Irish public about the charter.
"I'm very conscious that it must also be acceptable to colleague member states who have made clear their desire to see the reforms contained in the Lisbon Treaty enter into force as soon as possible," Cowen said in Berlin, standing alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany was the second stop on Cowen's mini-tour of European capitals to discuss the treaty. He heads to London on Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and to Paris on Friday for talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy as France currently holds the rotating EU presidency.
The embattled Irish premier's first stop Wednesday was in Luxembourg where he met Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, though no details of the closed-door meeting emerged.
Cowen is thought to be considering whether Irish voters would back the treaty in a new referendum if guarantees were given on key concerns including abortion, corporate tax and the republic's cherished military neutrality.
just give them a 6 pack of beer hold the election where they can vote fro their sofa between soap operas and sports, and not on the day when they go to the post office for their social welfare check. the irish cannot read so the vote should be oral......perhaps a polish person can help them
unfortunately you are so right. the bright ones left long ago. the ´´new´´ irish are lazy and will so learn that the celtic tiger is dead and Poland will lower their tax rate and win over. Ireland never will wake up. corrupt Bertie, etc......too much tv, soda, potatoes and welfare get them off their arses....
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