The extraordinary implosion of global financial markets may also work to the advantage of the Yes side in a second referendum, because Ireland’s economic future cannot be contemplated seriously outside of EU structures. Indeed Irish ministers argue that Ireland would have gone the way of Iceland in recent months were it not for EU membership and the protections afforded by euro-zone membership.
全球金融市场的剧烈震荡可能也会在第二轮公民复决里对支持条约方有利，因为在仔细考虑爱尔兰的经济前景时，人们不可能脱离欧盟的架构。。实际上，爱尔兰的部长们论证说，如果不是国家加入了欧盟，并且享受了欧元区成员国的特享保护，爱尔兰可能已经走上了冰岛的道路。