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"The Lisbon Treaty has become a dead document, just as when the French and the Dutch rejected the EU draft Constitution. Although the President of the European Parliament, Mr Pöttering, declared that the aim of the Treaty was to achieve greater democracy, greater political effectiveness and greater clarity and transparency, and that the ratification process must continue in those Member States that have not yet ratified it, these are just meaningless phrases.
Had referenda taken place in countries other than Ireland, the Irish ‘no’ would surely not have been the only one. Take the trickery employed by the ‘European elite’ who presented nothing more than the dusted and amended EU draft Constitution for ratification! In addition to the Irish, the French and the Dutch would say ‘no’ again; after all, public opinion surveys carried out in these countries indicate as much. Those who ‘steer’ EU policy should realise, at long last, that the majority of citizens reject the Union as a militarist and neo-liberal project that is effectively antisocial!
The result of the Irish referendum is not a disaster for Europe, as some people would have us believe. It is a chance to start a new discussion process in which, at last, ordinary citizens should also be widely involved. After all, the Irish did not vote against the European Union. They voted against the contents of the Lisbon Treaty that would ruin the social standards achieved to date, and turn the Union into a militarist conglomerate. The so-called European idea is not thrown into jeopardy by those who reject the Lisbon Treaty. It is thrown into jeopardy by those who are now shouting ‘let us go on’ or considering introducing a ‘two-speed’ Europe."@en1
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