Mr. Dylan Marshall:

I will make one point on referendums. It is not only about treaty reform but also about enlargement. Some member states, such as France in its constitution, require referendums for enlargement, for the admission of new member states into the Union. The Franco-German paper proposed joining the reform treaty with the accession treaties as a kind of backstop against one big treaty reform. For example, if Ireland were to hold things up with a referendum, you would still have the enduring problem of the administrative treaty in France. There is no way to get around citizens in these circumstances.