June 21, 2008 (LPAC)--The other European leaders, most of them frantic supporters of the Lisbon Treaty, are unhappy with Ireland for rejecting it in their June 12 referendum. But many of the Irish aren't happy about the comments coming their direction either. This has to do with the unjust treatment that Ireland has received from most of the EU after the referendum. For example, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said that countries standing in the way of the Lisbon Treaty should be thrown out. And German Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Martin Schulz, the chairman of the Socialist MEP bloc, even wants to punish Ireland by unseating the Irish EU Internal Trade Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy.

In Ireland, people are slowly being made to feel that they live in a rogue state. The tongue-lashing they've received has also spawned a defiant counter-reaction. Many of those who actually voted "yes" to the treaty now wish that had cast a "no" ballot -- especially given the peculiar EU understanding of democracy the referendum has laid bare. With these sentiments building among the Irish, a second referendum in Ireland as some in the EU have called for, were certain to yield an even stronger "no," as EUActiv and other sources report.