Just say 'No'
Peter Hoskin 6:54pm
The news coming out of the EU summit in Brussels is less than encouraging. Apparently, the various representatives are preparing themselves for months and months of negotiation over the Lisbon Treaty. And that includes the Irish. Their Prime Minister, Brian Cowen, had this to say:
“It is necessary for Ireland to have time now to analyze last week's vote and explore options … It is far too early yet for anyone to put forward proposals.”
True, there are few absolutes in politics. But the Irish ‘No’ result should be one of them. It could take the Irish Government all of a second to repeat this declaration to the other EU leaders. That they are willing to get embroiled in extended debate – which, according to foreign minister Michael Martin, may not be over by the time of the next EU summit in October – implies they have something else in mind.
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Familiar Clown
June 19th, 2008 9:05pm Report this commentThis 'Alice Through the Looking-Glass' politics, where Eurocrats refuse to accept the rules of the game, and create a crisis by trying to invent ways of turning a 'no' into a 'yes' is ridiculous, and does not auger well for the EUs democratic future.
Kevyn Bodman
June 20th, 2008 4:58am Report this commentThe EU has no 'democratic future.'
It is Eurocrats v. The People; their interests are not our interests.
Many governments around the world view or have viewed their own population as the enemy.
That's how EU leaders view us.
They are very 'civilised' about it in that they aren't using state violence against us, but they've made that clear after Maastricht, with the 'invitation' to vote again, and with the Lisbon treaty which is so similar to the constitution. On Lisbon the chance to vote again was not offered to the populations, it was kept to politicians. The one population that voted said 'No.'
The immediate reaction of the EU leadership,, carry on regardless.
The EU power centres do not regard the running of the EU as any of our business.
We've got to get out of the EU.
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