That EU Lisbon Treaty – Whom To Believe?

This FT article is scary reading:

European chief executives believe the Irish No vote in a referendum on the Lisbon treaty is bad for business as it weakens the European Union on the global stage against the Middle East, Russia and Asian countries.

But we can relax. When one reads the article it turns out that the grandly collective description ‘European Chief Executives’ in fact means ‘three European Chief Executives’, all with Germanic names. Does the FT have editors?

Meanwhile, over at the Economist:

It is time to accept that the Lisbon treaty is dead. The European Union can get along well enough without it.

Do we hear the dull thud as the ex-parrot topples to the bottom of the bird-cage?