16/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Irish “no” vote on the Lisbon Treaty once again brings the European Union face to face with problems of substance, mainly with regard to the perception that citizens have of it, states Pietro Calamia, in Lettera diplomatica of 24 June (Circolo di Studi diplomatici, Polasselto Venezia, Via degli Astalli 3/A, 00186 Roma). The former permanent representative for Italy notes the “general tendency in Europe to attribute all current ills to the European...