SARKOZY SUGGESTS IRISH HOLD A DO-OVER VOTE ON LISBON TREATY

BBC:

Irish ministers have reacted robustly to the French president's remark that the Republic of Ireland should hold a new referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

European Affairs Minister Dick Roche said "it is far, far too early to be talking about a referendum or about some specific policy to go forward".

Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said Ireland would not be bullied.

Mr Sarkozy will visit Dublin on Monday, seeking a way ahead after Irish voters rejected the EU treaty on 12 June.

France currently holds the EU's six-month rotating presidency and is keen to resolve the Lisbon Treaty stumbling block before its presidency ends.

Mr Sarkozy was quoted as saying "the Irish will have to vote again". He was speaking to deputies from his conservative UMP party in Paris on Tuesday.

• WHY NOT JUST KEEP VOTING UNTIL YOU GET THE RESULT YOU WANT.
• HOW MUGABESQUE.
• HOW REPULSIVE.
• THE PRO-EUSSR CROWD HAS NO SHAME.

THANK GOD THE IRISH WON'T BE BULLIED.