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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by jimnotgym on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @05:58PM (#18916486)
> as I'm sure you are aware: the texts of the constitution and the Lisbon Treaty are essentially completely identical

I am not aware of any such thing, in fact I reject your statement completely.

> the electorate were not given the option to reject it a second time Isn't that a matter for France to address, rather than the EU

Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by candiodari on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:30PM (#18917511)
Well, I for one agree with the GP statement. The Lisbon treaty was specifically designed to override the will of voters, and is essentially identical to the EU constitution. This is a view, I feel, that's shared by the entire Western European press.

Needless to say, this has now been repeated, again, and again:

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

And of course, one might say that the EU treated the election results in Greece, Italy, France and Germany with utter contempt. Greece most of all, of course, but the others aren't far behind.