Taoiseach Cowen’s spoofery on Lisbon Two could make Irish media & people laughing stock of Europe

Posted on 12 December, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

Thursday 11 December 2008 by National Platform for EU Research & Information info at nationalplatform dot org 24 Crawford Avenue Dublin 9 00-353-1-8305792 Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s hypocrisy in pretending to “respect” the people’s referendum vote on Lisbon is now evident, for not a jot or tittle of Lisbon will be altered when he forces the [...]

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Comment: The Irish Government has betrayed its people

Posted on 11 December, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

DECLAN GANLEY AND JENS-PETER BONDE Today , Thursday 11 December 2008 @ 09:13 CET EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – The French president yesterday told the group leaders of the European parliament that he has made a deal with the Irish government to hold a second referendum in Ireland to ratify the Lisbon treaty first rejected on [...]

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Why Lisbon is a bad Treaty for both Ireland and the EU

Posted on 7 November, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

Preliminary submission to the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Ireland’s Future in the European Union from The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre: Why Lisbon is a bad Treaty for both Ireland and the EU Ireland should remain a fully committed member of the present European Union and European Community that were established by the 1992 [...]

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The scandal of the Irish Referendum Commission in the Lisbon Treaty referendum

Posted on 28 August, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

(N.B. This press release is being posted to all TDs, Senators and MEPs, to the members of the High Court and Supreme Court, the Referendum Commission and  the Catholic Hierarchy, and to the media and leading activists on the Yes and No sides in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, in the interest of public information. Acknowledgment [...]

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Minister Dick Roche: “The People Have Spoken”

Posted on 27 August, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

You may find of  interest the remarks below of Mr Dick Roche TD  when a backbencher in 2001  and before he was promoted to Minister for Europe, regarding the proposal to re-run the Nice referendum. They provide a piquant contrast to some of his recent statements. The voter turnout in the 2001 Nice referendum was [...]

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* The Constitutional Implications of the Treaty of Lisbon [Updated]

Posted on 22 August, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

The Constitutional Implications of the Treaty of Lisbon – Giving the EU the constitutional form of a Federal State Introduction: The peoples of Europe do not want to be turned into citizens of an EU Federation run on most undemocratic lines that would be under the effective control of the political elites of France and [...]

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An Open Letter to Stephen Collins (Political editor, The Irish Times)

Posted on 15 August, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre 24 Crawford Avenue Dublin 9 Tel.: 01-8305792 Web-site nationalplatform.org Thursday 6 August 2008 Dear Stephen, In your Irish Times article last Saturday you call on the Government to ratify the Lisbon Treaty regardless of the 12 June referendum result. It is strange that a political correspondent of [...]

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An Open Letter to Stephen Collins (Political editor, The Irish Times)

Posted on 15 August, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre 24 Crawford Avenue Dublin 9 Tel.: 01-8305792 Web-site nationalplatform.org Thursday 6 August 2008 Dear Stephen, In your Irish Times article last Saturday you call on the Government to ratify the Lisbon Treaty regardless of the 12 June referendum result. It is strange that a political correspondent of [...]

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Lisbon Treaty: Where is this all going?

Posted on 3 June, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

1. Harmonisation of Corporate Tax; 2. Losing permanent Commissioner, Halving voting strength; 3. The “Blank Cheque” Self-Amending power; 4. Superiority of all EU law over Irish Constitution; 5. Lisbon origin in rejected EU Constitution. * Where is this all going? Harmonisation of Corporate tax: Article 2.79 of the Lisbon Treaty would insert a six-word amendment [...]

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Irish Times article: Lisbon would turn Ireland into a province

Posted on 21 May, 2008 by NationalPlatform.Org

Irish Times  article, Friday 16 May VOTE NO TO LISBON AND REJECT EUROPEAN FEDERAL STATE Lisbon would  turn Ireland into a province or region of an EU superstate and make us citizens of it first rather than of the Irish Republic by Anthony Coughlan   The push to turn the European Union into a superpower [...]

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