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)