October 2, Ireland will decide on the Lisbon Treaty for a second time. While many predict that it will come back into the European fold as a means to emerge from deep economic recession, new polls suggest that the No vote is resurgent, reports the Financial Times.

"Plans for a new president of the European Council, an overhaul of EU foreign policymaking, and an extension of majority voting amongst the 27 member states abolishing national vetoes on such sensitive subjects as asylum and immigration, energy and sport, hang on how the Irish vote in a second referendum," writes Quentin Peel in the Financial Times. Read full article...