Treaty of Lisbon

international | eu | opinion/analysis Thursday April 03, 2008 14:35 by Ronoc

The upcoming referendum for the Treaty of Lisbon, only voted for by the people of Ireland will determine the future of all European member states. The Treaty is basically a redraft of the EU Treaty rejected by the people of France and Holland, although the majority of political partys where campaigning for a Yes vote in both countries. The Treaty of Lisbon will passed now in France and Holland and all other member states without ratification. Well Ireland gets to vote and the majority of political partys are urging people to Vote Yes...

... There has not been alot of information about this Treaty shown to the public on TV or in the press and for such a complex treaty that hands over alot of power from Irish hands into the hands of an unelected group of EU officials the EU commision seems a bit strange, they try to push it so fast without informing people of all its details.
One point of this treaty will be the militarization of the EU, a common EU military. Each state will have to fund the military with the tax payers money. A few states of the EU are old colonial powers and France for example have supported dictators in parts of Africa to keep the region unstable so they can mine uranium without hastle for their nuclear industry[also in the treaty is the EU dedication to nuclear power) so more of these troubles could be perpetrated using ordinary peoples tax. And seen that Ireland is a small country they wont have much of a say of what happens, so if resource wars are carried out, although Ireland doesnt have to take part in them, Ireland will pay. We have oil wars in Iraq and soon to be some think their will be 2/3 of the poputlation of the earth without access to clean drinking water. The only benefits of war are for big arms manufacturerers.
The treaty will also try to create a free market and has not much benefits for the ordinary person as this will drive down wages. Because a latvian company for example could set up in Ireland and pay the wages of latvia without bother, the only ones who benefit are corporations and share holders.
Privitisation of public services includoing health and education will be alot easier if the ttreaty is passed. Private companys only care about the bottom line, Profit. And a profit based health and education system will only benefit the rich. You only have to look at th USA to see how private health works. Sure anyhow its already started here in Ireland with private hospitals being set up on public land and private patients getting better care. If you have more information on the treaty, it would be appreciated if posted below.

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BBC documentarys that cover alot of topics including world poltics and neo liberalism, can be found on youtube and google video, I recommend to anyone who wants to have more insight into things.

GET THE INFO UP!!! TIME IS OF THE €SS€NC€