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Two reports on Irish NO

Fri, 17/10/2008 - 14:36 — admin-b

For all those eager to ignore the first NO and are already preparing their mind weapons for another referendum here are two useful reports on what has happened in June 2008 in Ireland.

  1. Post Lisbon Treaty Referendum - Research Findings,
    (.pdf, 47 pages, 1,1 MB), September 2008, by Millward Brown IMS
    This report contains the results of research conducted by Millward Brown IMS on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs following the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum on June 12th 2008.

  2. The Treaty of Lisbon: an Uncertain Future,
    (.pdf, 82 pages, 536 kB), 30 July 2008, RESEARCH PAPER 08/66, Vaughne Miller, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE, HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY

It is worth mentioning that TEAM has been quoted in the second report, page 34, quote No 73, stating: “The result of the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is a triumph for democracy.”

Today we might add that there are forces at work that want to change this triumph into a defeat. Europe and the World need good people to defend the Irish NO.

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Fri, 17/10/2008 - 14:46 — admin-b

Ireland to work with EU lawyers on Lisbon opt-outs

new article from euobserver.com

Irish Taoisach Brian Cowen said his government is consulting with EU council legal services on drafting possible “opt-outs” to the Lisbon treaty, speaking after an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday (17 October).
“We are prepared to go into that process in good faith,” he said, the Irish Times reports, with the structure of the European Commission, EU military integration, taxation and civil rights the likely areas of concern.
The Irish leader also underlined his personal support for the Lisbon document and used Iceland’s financial meltdown to show the benefits of EU and eurozone membership.
But any future solution is unlikely to be in place in time for the June 2009 European elections, in a situation that will see 12 EU states lose 15 MEPs between them in order to comply with existing Nice treaty rules.
A debate in Ireland’s upper house - the Seanad - on Thursday saw senator Eugene Regan, a lawyer and a member of the equally pro-European Fine Gael opposition party, suggest the EU runs the elections on Lisbon rules anyway.
“I don’t believe any constitutional issue arises here. I do think it is a problem that we have created,” he said.

Well, we can scrap all of the law anyway since even the lawyers don’t see it as necessary.

Fri, 17/10/2008 - 16:15 — admin-b

People will be ready to fight back!

16/10/08 - Protestors gather across the Council building