EU leaders we could have done without

LAST autumn the people of Ireland were frightened and cajoled into voting for the Lisbon Treaty and, as a result of its ratification, the citizens of the EU were honoured by the appointment of a president and a high representative.

In my opinion, it’s an honour we could have done without. An Icelandic volcano creates a transport crisis in a large number of EU countries and the EU president, as well as the baroness-high representative, seem to have got lost in the fog. Both were elected by politicians for politicians and certainly not for the people of the European fiefdom.

The prime minister of Estonia made an 18-hour car journey to attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kacyzynski, but apparently the president of the EU (who is Belgian) couldn’t make that gruelling journey as a representative of all those sympathising with the Polish people on the recent tragedy in Smolensk.

Apparently, Hermann Von Rompuy is keen on writing poetry, more specifically a Japanese form called “haiku”, so that he may have been so preoccupied with elevated thoughts that his feet scarcely touched the ground at all.

The Lisbon Treaty had an ominous sound to it anyway; there was an earthquake in Lisbon in 1755.

Maureen 0’Donnell

Boreenmanna Road

Cork