Irish Finance minister Noonan is speaking to RTE, trying to downplay talk that the fiscal compact will have to be put to a referendum. Past referendums have been subject to “extraneous issues”, says the FinMin.
Ireland voted down the Lisbon Treaty back in 2008 before approving it on a second vote the following year…
Europe tends not to do well when it is put to the voters…Especially voters who are saddled with austerity after the banking system imploded in 2008/2009.