There is continued coverage of a Red C poll commissioned by Open Europe showing that Irish voters are strongly opposed to a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and would vote no by a larger margin than the last time around if a second vote was held. The Irish Independent, in an article discussing Open Europe and its business supporters, reports on the opposition of the Irish Labour Party to a ...

Judges at the German Constitutional Court are tomorrow due to rule on the compatibility of the Lisbon Treaty with the German Constitution. Ahead of the decision, Open Europe, in collaboration with the Institute for Free Enterprise in Berlin, has published a new poll which shows that 77% of Germans want to be given a say on the Lisbon Treaty in a national referendum.

As news filters out of the Open Europe poll which indicates rapidly growing Irish euroscepticism, reported on Eureferendum Blog over the weekend, the countermeasures being taken by the Irish government to somehow obtain an Irish Lisbon ratification are taking shape. Open Europe reports today -The Irish government has initiated high-level contact with the two main opposition parties to discuss the ...

Under the headline "24 to 1" Liberation Brussels correspondent Jean Quatremer argues on his blog that ?the recent poll showing that 71% of Irish people are opposed to a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty has not had much impact in European capitals, since the wording of the question indicated that the vote would be on the same text.

The Irish Times reports that Irish support is growing for the Lisbon Treaty with a further swing to the Yes camp in recent months as the country’s economic situation has deteriorated. An Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll shows that 51 per cent would now vote Yes, with 33 per cent saying they would vote No, and 16 per cent undecided.

The Irish may approve the Lisbon Treaty in a new referendum, provided that a number of safeguards are added to the text, according to a new opinion poll published by the Irish Times today (17 November).

Open Europe has launched a Twitter account. To keep up to date and follow our activities please click here: In the Irish Times, Roger Cole, Chair of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance in Ireland, argues that the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty “is not an Irish battle.

The Irish Times reports on a poll released yesterday, conducted the day after the Irish Lisbon Treaty referendum, which has found that the majority of the Irish public are happy with the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, including one in 10 of those who voted Yes.

This time next year surely the Lisbon Treaty must either be dead and buried or alive and kicking. My prediction is that next week the Irish government will announce that it will ask the Irish people to vote again on the Lisbon Treaty in a new referendum next autumn. The Irish prime minister is on a whistle-stop tour of Europe - first Luxembourg, then Germany, London on Thursday then a quick trip t...

In an interview with yesterday’s Irish Independent, Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche said a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is “the appropriate response” for Ireland. He said: "My personal view is that a referendum is the appropriate response to the position we are in.