Ireland agreed today to re-run the referendum on Lisbon Treaty that was rejected in the country a year ago.

Irish voters will be asked to try again in early October, after a series of legal guarantees stating that the treaty will not change Ireland’s taxation, abortion laws or military neutrality were agreed by the 27 EU leaders at their summit in Brussels, the Times reports.

EU leaders now hope that the Treaty will come into force in November.

The polls suggest that Irish voters will pass the treaty. That would pave the way for a new post of President of the European Council, for which Tony Blair is understood to be a leading candidate, according to the report.

This is a very worrisome development, I must admit. Europe is firmly moving towards a federation with unelected leaders and the people of Europe seem to have no say in this – Ireland is pretty much the only country among the 27 where the people are actually asked. Gordon Brown promised a referendum in the UK, too, but by now he seems to have forgotten all about it.

The only hope is the Irish will come to their senses and vote against the Treaty in October, and/or the election in Britain will take place before the Treaty comes to effect and the new Tory Government would put it on a referendum here, too. The people of Britain showed clearly in last European Parliament election, what they think, and it certainly wasn’t acceptance of the Lisbon Treaty.

Tory MEP Daniel Hannan ironizes sweetly over the issue, too.

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