Referendum protest, reax to new vote on rejected treaty

(11 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of protesters outside the European Council building 2. Mid of protesters wearing masks of faces of French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen UPSOUND: "No means yes. No means yes" 3. Mid of protesters 4. Mid of protester wearing mask of Cowen with sign reading: (English) 'No means yes!' 5. Various of protesters in masks 6. Wide of campaign bus as protesters wave Irish flag in foreground 7. Close of bus with sign reading: (French) "Ireland said no. No is no." 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Keoghan, spokesman for The People's Movement: "And now there are people who voted yes who are angry because they're bringing back the same treaty again, and those people should swallow the numbers. And we as an opposition group, if you want to call it that, are more determined than ever, we're better organised now than we were the last time, we just have to raise some funding and we'll put up a much better fight than we did the last time. So I think Brian Cowen, his career is on the line and he knows that." 9. Various of masked protesters and their signs 10. Wide exterior of building where European People's Party (EPP) held pre-summit meeting 11. Mid of sign pointing to meeting 12. European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso arriving for the EPP Summit 13. Cutaway of photographers 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Enda Kenny, Irish opposition leader and EPP Vice-President: "I can't speak for the Irish people, but what I do know is this: the government has got to approach the next referendum in a very different way than they approached the last one. They have got to have a real process of explaining to people what this actually means, what's not in it and the benefits of being central to the European Community." 15. Wide of founder of Libertas party and leader of Ireland's "No" campaign to the Lisbon treaty, Declan Ganley entering news conference 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Duncan Ganley, Libertas founder and leader of Ireland's "No" to the Lisbon treaty campaign: "We're not being listened to, this is a Brussels that has no ears, we have to change that, I am pro-European, Libertas is pro-european, I believe that the decent majority of Europe's citizens want this project to work and succeed, but recognise that it must be routed in the legitimacy of democratic accountability." 17. Wide of news conference STORYLINE Ireland has committed to hold a second referendum on the European Union's stalled reform treaty before the end of October 2009, the French government said on Thursday. France, which currently holds the EU presidency, wrote in a document expected to be endorsed by EU leaders at summit talks later on Thursday that Ireland would vote again in return for changes to the so-called Lisbon treaty. The announcement came as demonstrators from the so-called 'People's Movement' held protests outside the EU building in Brussels, demanding the body respects the outcome of the initial referendum. Campaigners donned masks showing the faces of the European Union leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, while waving signs reading 'No means yes!'. The rejection of the treaty by Irish voters in June left the document in limbo, as it has to be ratified by all 27 EU members before it can come into force. The treaty is meant to streamline the EU's 50-year-old rules of procedure and bolster its position on the world stage. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is to formally present his country's demands for changes later on Thursday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...