The European Union was thrown into a tizzy when Irish voters rejected the Lisbon treaty, which Eurosceptics see as an effort to impose the old draft constitution by the back door.

• 当爱尔兰选民否决里斯本协议（这个协议被欧盟怀疑者看作通过秘密途径强迫执行旧宪法草案的努力）后，欧盟陷入了恐慌。