"The Irish referendum will not stop the EU"

The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted immediately to
the failure of the Irish referendum saying that not everything is
wasted.

Just couple of minutes after PM Ahern announced the result of the
referendum, the press service of the Estonian MFA told us that there is
still the possibility to go on: " It is really too early for saying
anything " the spokeperson said while lowering the volume of a tv
showing constant updates from Ireland.

"The result seems to be
no, apparently Irish people decided to reject the Lisbon Treaty but we
really do not want to speculate on this event. What we can say is that
what is happened today will not stop the EU from functioning. Next
Monday we will have a meeting here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
for discussing how to proceed from now on, but the most important part
will come by the end of the next week, when the European Council will
start its session".

Once again, as some years ago, Europe is stuck on itself.
And
once again, during the Summer meeting of the European Council,
Ministers and Prime Ministers will have to find answers and solutions
for saving the development of an Union from what is looking like its
second death.