Lisbon Treaty is not just an instrument. Ireland is not, by far, the only cause of the current difficulties affecting European integration. The Irish referendum on 2 October will no doubt have a decisive impact on the fate of the Lisbon Treaty, but complications still continue in other areas (see this column yesterday) and the Lisbon Treaty is, above all, just one instrument for facilitating the relaunch of European integration. It is going to be the political will of member states, the...