Peoples Movement against EU, Denmark, 8th of April 2008:

Refusing a treaty-referendum is an assault on the democracy

The majority of the Danish MPs fear and betray the democracy, when they refuse to ask the voters about the Lisbon Treaty, says Søren Søndergaard from The Peoples Movement against EU.

Tuesday the 8th of April did the Danish Parliament reject three proposals on referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. On that occasion Søren Søndergaard, member of the European Parliament for The Peoples Movement against EU made a press release saying:

It’s tragic, that a majority of the peoples representative in the Parliament again has chosen to neglect the democracy. The Parliament forgets that they are elected by the Danish people, not placed by democracy-hostile super-bureaucrats in Bruxelles. They should listen to voters wish a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which several polls has showed a majority for, says Søren Søndergaard, member of the European Parliament for The Peoples Movement against EU.

The Danish PM got applause from his colleagues in EU, for his promise on, that there would not be any referendum on the treaty in Denmark. He has decided it, even though the treaty in every important issue - same as the EU-constitution, that he promised a referendum on in 2005. It means a big loss of sovereignty, that decision in the parliament is a clear assault on the Danish democracy.

Søren Søndergaard is a member of the European Parliament for the Peoples Movement against the EU. He can be contacted at (00 45) 40 45 38 49.

Article on the People’s Movement website.