<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Izinhlelo zokuqala zokuvota kabusha zavela ngoJulayi 2008: isikhathi sokusebenza kweKhomishini yaseYurophu yamanje sasizonwetshwa kuze kube yilapho uMthetho-sisekelo waseLisbon uqala ukusebenza, amazwe angamalungu ayezovuma ukungayinciphisi inani lamakhomishana futhi i-Ireland yayizobamba okunye ukuvota ngoSepthemba noma ngo-Okthoba 2009 ngemuva kokuthola iziqinisekiso zokukhipha isisu, intela nokungathathi hlangothi kwezempi. Ngo-12 kuDisemba 2008, uNdunankulu, uBrian Cowen waqinisekisa ukuthi  <response>: i-referendum yesibili izobanjwa, ngemuva kokuba umhlangano wabaholi be-EU uvumile ukugcina uKhomishani oyedwa ezweni ngalinye eliyilungu kanye nokufaka iziqinisekiso ezibophezela ngokomthetho mayelana nokukhishwa kwezisu, intela kanye nokungathathi hlangothi kwezempi eSivumelwaneni Sokujoyina iCroatia. 