Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification_of_the_Treaty_of_...

Like when the Irish electorate rejected the Lisbon Treaty, and then was then harangued into accepting a reheated version. Opponents of the treaty reasonably asked if it could be best-of-three.



The Dutch and French also massively rejected the first version of this in 2005. Strangely they didn't bothered to ask the citizens the second time.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Dutch_European_Constituti...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_French_European_Constitut...


Calling what would become the Lisbon treaty a "constitution" was always going to be a losing proposal.


> and then was then harangued into accepting a reheated version

After receiving concessions.


Importantly around neutrality which was most people’s issue anyway.

The real problem was that the referendum commission (the state body in charge of informing the public on these matters) was deemed “too neutral” and was forever after hobbled and since then we have had to vote in a veritable information vacuum.


I'm failing to understand the problem here. The Irish rejected the proposed treaty, the took that rejection and the reasons, went back to rework it, and asked if the next version was suitable, and it was.

That sounds exactly like you'd expect it to work, and yet people seem outraged by it.

Why?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: