French president and president-elect of the EU, Nicolas Sarkozy, along with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel are determined to change the will of the people in Ireland concerning the Lisbon Treaty.

In a major setback for the EU the Lisbon Treaty was rejected by the voters of Ireland on June 14 by a margin of 53.4 percent to 46.6 percent, with a very high 53 percent voter turnout.

But there are other forces working that will not take "no" for an answer. Ireland’s Taoiseach (prime minister) Brian Cowen says, "As Taoiseach, I will be devoting my full political energies to finding a way forward for our country which needs to take into account the concerns reflected by the referendum result," but would not rule out another referendum. Mr. Cowen has been invited to present his views on the referendum at the summer EU summit in Brussels, as he and EU officials pledge to work together in deciding "how best to move forward."

Seeing their dreams of domination going down the drain, officials from the government of Ireland and the EU are desperately trying to rescue the Lisbon Treaty. The Treaty would have instituted a stronger foreign policy chief, a mutual defense pact, and long-term president of the EU.

It is these items that the people of Ireland would not accept. Surely they know that once the Treaty is ratified, the commissars in charge can change anything without ever asking again, so any guarantees are straws in the wind.

Enter Sarkozy and Merkel.

In a publicized joint statement they said they regretted Ireland’s "democratic decision." But sources close to France’s Sarkozy, who is also the president-elect of the EU, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said that there are only two solutions: for the Irish to vote again, or "for an as yet undefined legal mechanism to bind Ireland to EU institutions if Ireland does not ratify the treaty."

In other words, if Ireland doesn’t knuckle under and ratify the treaty, the EU, under the direction of Sarkozy and Merkel, will find an end run around the will of the people who rejected it, or worse yet, Ireland will simply be coerced or forced into acceptance. 

Some 160 years ago, the wise French statesman Frederic Bastiat observed the following in his timeless classic The Law:

The advocates of this [socialist] doctrine also profess to be social. So far as they are democratic, they place unlimited faith in mankind. But so far as they are social, they regard mankind as little better than mud. Let us examine this contrast in greater detail.

What is the attitude of the democrat when political rights are under discussion? How does he regard the people when a legislator is to be chosen? Ah, then it is claimed that the people have an instinctive wisdom; they are gifted with the finest perception; their will is always right; the general will cannot err; voting cannot be too universal.

When it is time to vote, apparently the voter is not to be asked for any guarantee of his wisdom. His will and capacity to choose wisely are taken for granted. Can the people be mistaken? Are we not living in an age of enlightenment? What! are the people always to be kept on leashes? Have they not won their rights by great effort and sacrifice? Have they not given ample proof of their intelligence and wisdom? Are they not adults? Are they not capable of judging for themselves? Do they not know what is best for themselves? Is there a class or a man who would be so bold as to set himself above the people, and judge and act for them? No, no, the people are and should be free. They desire to manage their own affairs, and they shall do so.

But when the legislator is finally elected — ah! then indeed does the tone of his speech undergo a radical change. The people are returned to passiveness, inertness, and unconsciousness; the legislator enters into omnipotence. Now it is for him to initiate, to direct, to propel, and to organize. Mankind has only to submit; the hour of despotism has struck. We now observe this fatal idea: The people who, during the election, were so wise, so moral, and so perfect, now have no tendencies whatever; or if they have any, they are tendencies that lead downward into degradation.

My how times have changed. Modern-day eurocrat socialists now view the voting majority as less "than mud."

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, the Coration president, Stipe Mesic, and Merkel's coalition partners from the Social Democrat party (SPD) were all critical of Ireland's decision. Axel Schafer, SPD leader bluntly said, "We cannot allow the huge majority of Europe to be duped by a minority of a minority of a minority. We are incredibly disappointed. We think it is a real cheek that the country that has benefited most from the EU should do this. There is no other Europe than this treaty."

Sarkozy, determined to "save" the EU said last week, "It is not written down in the summit conclusions but everyone agreed that we need to get out of this before next year’s European elections," which would keep the EU from "grind[ing] to a halt."

Sarkozy favors an early spring second referendum for Ireland because the majority were duped, got it wrong, and need to vote correctly. In order to achieve this he plans to visit Ireland for a little PR and arm-twisting on July 11. "We will try to make this 'no' an opportunity." (How nice.) He will meet with Irish officials who are already in the EU/Sarkozy/Merkel camp to draw up and set plans in motion to effect their agenda.

One unidentified Irish official said, "A yes vote can be achieved if the Irish people are offered guarantees on issues like defence and taxation. The ‘no’ campaign will be picked off one by one. Everyone has a price." Wow! It's the typical "bread and games" method all over again used by the Roman Empire with the populace to keep them quiet and acquiescing.

The arrogant and hypocritical EU hierarchy that insists that the election in Mugabe’s dictatorship in Zimbabwe is a "travesty of democracy," sees nothing wrong, of course, in forcing another vote until it gets what it wants out of Irish voters, or using other means to achieve it. There’s no difference in the basic principles of Mugabe and the EU, Sarkozy, and Merkel, just the level of violence.

While Germany’s Merkel’s cultural heritage may have inculcated a different understanding of democracy in her, there’s no excuse for Sarkozy and France, now in its fifth Republic.

The good people of Ireland had best be aware of the motivations and methods about to be used on them in order to get them to capitulate, without bloodshed at least at first, to the bold demands of a socialist/fascist EU. Ireland’s sovereignty and freedom is at stake here, but will her own officials sell her down the river, or will the people be forced into acceptance, will they be bought off with empty promises, or can they hold the proverbial fort?

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