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Nuestro sitio en español: GlobalizacionDUBLIN (AFP) – Irish voters dealt a stunning blow to the European Union’s grand reform plans Friday by rejecting a new treaty and plunging the bloc into a new crisis.
The Lisbon Treaty, designed to replace the EU constitution torpedoed by French and Dutch voters three years ago, was rejected by 53.4 percent to 46.6 percent in a referendum, according to official figures.
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