Why you should Vote No to Lisbon Treaty

dublin | eu | event notice Monday April 28, 2008 12:18 by People Before Profit - Dublin Central - People Before Profit 087 294 7100

Clonliffe Area Public Meeting

Clonliffe Area Public Meeting
Why you should VOTE NO to the Lisbon Treaty
Clonliffe & Croke Park Community Hall
Distillery Road (off Clonliffe Road)
Wednesday, 30 April at 8 pm

Speakers: Richard Boyd Barrett
People Before Profit General
Election Candidate

Des Derwin
President, Dublin Council of Trade
Unions (personal capacity)

Sinéad Kennedy
Editor, www.VoteNo.ie

Within the next few months you will be asked to vote in a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. This is a new European Treaty to replace the European Constitution which was rejected by the people of Holland and France. You can feel privileged as the Irish people are the only people given a vote on this treaty. The European leaders dare not ask those who rejected it already to vote again – for fear that they might reject it again.

The manner in which the EU is seeking to have this treaty accepted without a vote in all but one EU country shows how undemocratic the EU has become. Worse still this treaty will make it even more undemocratic.

We believe the Lisbon Treaty should be rejected:

• It will make the EU more undemocratic and give you less control over vital decisions that affect your life.

• It will increase the militarisation of the EU and undermine our neutrality.

• It will lead to further privatisation of public services including health and education. It will create a Europe committed to the free market and competition and restrict the power of member states acting to defend the public sector and the welfare of citizens.

If you want to know more about this important issues or you want to get involved in the campaign against the Lisbon Treaty come to our public meeting.