McCreevy: Most states would have voted no

EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has risked upsetting colleagues in the yes to Lisbon camp again by claiming 95% of member states would have rejected the treaty if they had held referendums.

He also dismissed as“political nonsense” theongoing criticisms of both him and Taoiseach Brian Cowen for failing to read the treaty in its entirety ahead of the first referendum last year.

That referendum famously resulted in an embarrassing defeat for Mr Cowen and the yes campaign as the public rejected the document.