MAYNOOTH, IRELAND – On June 12, Irish voters will vote on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, the instrument designed to improve the efficiency and legitimacy of the now 27-member bloc. Ireland is the only country to put the Treaty to a referendum – all the other member states have chosen to ratify the Treaty by parliamentary means – and everything indicates that the result will be close.
爱尔兰梅努斯&#45;&#45;6月12日，爱尔兰的选民们将对欧盟里斯本条约进行投票。这一条约的目的在于提高拥有27个成员国的欧盟的效率以及合法性。爱尔兰是唯一把条约付诸全民公决的国家，其他所有成员国都决定通过议会表决来批准这一条约。所有迹象都表明表决结果将会十分接近。