Ireland have just had their election. The response from the EU is predicable if not outrageous. From the Telegraph (my emphasis):
A European diplomat, from a large eurozone country, told The Sunday Telegraph that "the more the Irish make a big deal about renegotiation in public, the more attitudes will harden".Astonishing arrogance, please, please say this to the UK as well. Then all bets are off.
"It is not even take it or leave it. It's done. Ireland's only role in this now is to implement the programme agreed with the EU, IMF and European Central Bank. Irish voters are not a party in this process, whatever they have been told," said the diplomat.
