If you don’t believe what Valery Giscard d’Estaing himself said about the Lisbon Treaty in October 2007 (click on the image above) and still have any doubts that the Treaty of Lisbon and the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe are the same text in a different outfit, please take some time exploring the CONSTITREATY website. You’ll be surprised (or maybe not?).

NINETY-FIVE per cent of Express.co.uk readers would vote to leave the European Union if a referendum was held on Britain’s membership. […] Nearly 10,000 furious readers voted in our poll after we decided to hand democracy back to the people – and gave you a chance to have your say on the way current EU works. […] "We the public have never wanted to be subservient to any European State, indeed we have been fighting against this since 1066, long enough for the Government of the day to know the mind of its people.” […] (Daily Express, 95% say quit the EU, Monday July 14,2008, by Penny Stretton)

Aversion to the new EU Treaty now also appears to be spreading among Czech citizens, with a poll dated last Friday (11 July) revealing that the majority of the population is against the text, which is already under examination by the country’s court in an attempt by eurosceptics to prove that it is unconstitutional. […] The decision is expected in September or October, ahead of the next EU summit during which leaders want to decide how to proceed with the Lisbon Treaty following its rejection by the Irish. Despite pressure from other EU leaders to ratify the text before then, the Czech government has said it would not pass on the text to Parliament before the court ruling. […] (EurActiv.com, Fresh uncertainty looms over Czech treaty ratification, published Monday 14 July, 2008)

German President Suspends Ratification of EU Lisbon Treaty (DW-World.de, European Union, 30.06.2008, DW staff (sp))

[…] German President Horst Koehler will not sign off on the ratification of the embattled EU’s Lisbon Treaty until the country’s Constitutional Court decides whether the reform accord is compatible with the country’s Basic Law, his office said on Monday, June 30. […]

The Lisbon treaty: Sarkozy’s next move (From The Times, July 2, 2008, Times online)
With the rejection of the treaty; France must rethink its EU presidency

Another protocol for Ireland or opening up the Lisbon Treaty for new negotiations? (by Daniela Schwarzer, Friday, 04 July 2008, Newropeans magazine)

Poland in new blow to EU treaty

Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski says he will not sign the EU’s reform treaty at present, following its defeat in an Irish referendum last month. … (BBC News, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 09:04 UK)

Presidente polaco recusa assinar Tratado de Lisboa

O presidente polaco recusou assinar o Tratado de Lisboa. Em declarações a um jornal polaco, Lech Kaczynski justificou a sua decisão pelo facto de este documento já não fazer sentido depois do "não" irlandês. … (TSF, Hoje às 07:33)