Dublin will hold a referendum on the eurozone fiscal pact, plunging Europe into uncertainty and potentially placing a question mark over Ireland’s membership of the euro.
Enda Kenny, Ireland’s prime minister, said Dublin’s top legal official had advised that “on balance” the Irish constitution required the treaty to be put to a vote. It is likely to take at least three months to organise a referendum.
“I am confident that the Irish people will do what is necessary . . . In the end, what this will come down to is a vote for economic stability and economic recovery,” Mr Kenny told parliament yesterday.
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