a referendum in ireland concerning the country ' s ratification of the treaty of accession has been rejected by the voters despite near universal support from the republic ' s parliamentary establishment . although in most states the outcome has been ( or will be ) decided through parliament vote , ireland was empowered to hold a referendum by its electorate . ireland is the final one to rejects the treaty which came about as a rewrite of the e . c . constitutional , rejected by referenda in france and the netherlands in 2005 .
European nations have signed the Treaty of Lisbon.