At long last - a Dutch protest on Lisbon

The following is from Radio Netherlands, linked here: No becomes Yes Dutch ratifying Treaty of Lisbon By political editor John Tyle Three years ago the people of the Netherlands rejected the European constitution. This week, the Dutch parliament is ratifying the Treaty of Lisbon. This new treaty scrapped the symbols of a federal state that were in the constitution. Otherwise, most of the new treaty is the same as the constitution. So what made the Dutch change their mind? Fooled According to Harry van Bommel, an MP for the Socialist Party, the Dutch Public should again have had a say in a referendum: "I feel fooled. The Dutch said no, convincingly. We see now a Lisbon Treaty which is for 95 percent the same as the constitutional treaty. And now all of a sudden our government says no, this is a completely different treaty. My story's a different story."He goes on: "I think that it has so many similarities with the constitutional treaty that we should simply compare it with that treaty and allow our people to have a vote."