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    Quote Originally Posted by Shade View Post
    any update on when this is due?
    No, none. Am watching the Eurobarometer website and if nothing appears by the beginning of December, i'll get back to them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Field Marshal View Post
    Like Holocaust victims being led to the gas chambers the Irish electorate was bullied deceived and ultimately exterminated with the false promises of Lisbon B.
    While i wouldn't use the imagery, in essence you are correct.

    And isn't it strange that lies and scare-mongering are only unacceptable when the outcome is a negative one?
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    Ok, here is the published Eurobarometer report from their website. Enjoy! Although i expect much less interest in this one due of course to the positive result in October.

    http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_284_en.pdf
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    Any chance of our government commissioning another in-depth survey? Or do positive votes not deserve the same scrutiny as negative ones?
    The Department of Foreign Affairs is going to carry out research into why people voted the way they did at the last Lisbon referendum:

    The radical shift in the support for the referendum is to be examined by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The total cost of similar research in late 2008 into why the electorate backed a No vote cost taxpayers around €150,000.

    Iveagh House wants to spend more funds probing the Yes vote just weeks ahead of the savage cuts expected in the budget.

    The electorate will be asked later this month for the factors that shaped their vote. Iveagh House also want to measure the level of understanding of EU issues in general and the Lisbon Treaty.

    An advertisement for the research this week said: "The objective will be to provide evidence for an analysis of changes in Irish attitudes and opinions in relation to the European Union over the past year and to draw lessons that can be applied to future efforts to communicate about Europe."

    Read more: [COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/lisbon-treaty-research-defended-106182.html#ixzz0XhgvmQR4[/COLOR]
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    Quote Originally Posted by marmurr1916 View Post
    The Department of Foreign Affairs is going to carry out research into why people voted the way they did at the last Lisbon referendum:




    Read more: [COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/lisbon-treaty-research-defended-106182.html#ixzz0XhgvmQR4[/COLOR]
    Cue whinging about how the DFA is wasting money...
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    Quote Originally Posted by marmurr1916 View Post
    The Department of Foreign Affairs is going to carry out research into why people voted the way they did at the last Lisbon referendum:




    Read more: [COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/lisbon-treaty-research-defended-106182.html#ixzz0XhgvmQR4[/COLOR]
    Very good news if it goes ahead.

    Quote Originally Posted by ibis View Post
    Cue whinging about how the DFA is wasting money...
    On the contrary
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