Brussels, 24/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - The follow-up to the Irish referendum was the focus of MEPs' speeches at their meeting on Tuesday 24 June 2008 to discuss the outcome of the recent European Council (see EUROPE 9687). Many saw the Irish no vote as revealing a profound malaise across all EU countries, arising from citizens' lack of trust in institutions across the board and the answers the EU is likely to provide to their problems. In order to bring the EU closer to its citizens, some...