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"Madam President, nobody else has said it, but I will: well done the Irish!
And yet, before the official result was out, there was Mr Barroso, holding a press conference in Brussels, looking as shifty and as dishonest as anybody I have ever seen, saying – despite what the rules of the club are – that the Treaty is not dead and we continue. Frankly, it was a disgusting display; it was an insult to democracy. It is perfectly clear that the ratifications should stop now and the implementation of the Treaty should stop now.
I used to think, after the French and Dutch results, that you were in denial, but now I realise that what is behind this is a new phenomenon: it is ‘EU nationalism’, and it is the most dangerous political phenomenon to have swept Europe since 1945. You ignore the voters, you are destroying democracy, and you have shown that you will stop at nothing. Well, ask yourself: why are the politicians, why is this class, now unpopular? Well, later on today, Mr Barroso, this House will be voting for a new Justice Commissioner, and it is likely that a former convicted fraudster will, after today, be the Justice Commissioner for the European Union.
In fact you do not need the UK Independence Party. You are destroying the European Union in the eyes of the voters. Well done everybody!"@en1
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