Sweden goes the parliamentary road

Its no surprise that the latest country to complete ratification of lisbon did it the safe way. Sweden was always going to dodge a referendum if it could. Despite the backing of all the big players in swedish society the euro referendum was defeated. It is also interesting to note that the accession referendum was a close fought battle which was narrowly won only with a series of threats about national security which turned out to be of no substance. The EU has no desire whatsoever to connect with the ordinary joe soap, just to smugly decide what is best for him even if he doesnt know it himself.