In contrast to the Czech Republic, there is clear agreement among political actors in Ireland about the need to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. The Irish problem remains how to convince popular opinion to accept a Treaty that was decisively rejected by 53.4% to 46.6% in the June 12 poll.
和捷克共和国不同的是，爱尔兰的政治家们显然都同意必须批准《里斯本条约》。爱尔兰的问题依然是如何说服民意来接受这一条约。在6月12日的公投中，该条约因为53.4%反对，46.6%赞成而被明确否决。现在，爱尔兰为确保通过《里斯本条约》提出了核心计划，而第二轮公民复决显然就是本轮努力的要点。，