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The “yes” camp united the main political parties, employers, most of the trade unions, and the most important medias. Scattered, the “no” coalition extended from the radical left to fundamentalist Catholics, but all of them expressed a new concern about Ireland’s economic vulnerabilities in the context of globalization. The Irish “no” expresses mistrust in European institutions which will have to be taken into account when considering any future solution.Marie-Claire Considère-Charon has passed a high-level competitive examination in English and is Professor. She teaches at the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg and the École nationale d’administration (ENA). She specialized on Ireland and is the author of Irlande, une singulière intégration européenne (Paris, Economica, 2002). Her research interests also include Great Britain's relation with Europe and the place of the Mediterranean micro-states, as Malta, in the European Union.