Referendum Meeting (8/12) – JP Bonde; K Sinnott

Part 9: www.youtube.com Referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon (expected 12 June 2008) Meeting for activists, Dublin, Ireland – 12 January 2008. Organized and presented on behalf of the Independence/Democracy (IND/DEM) Group in the European Parliament by – Kathy Sinnott MEP (Ireland) – Sharon Ellul-Bonici (Malta) Speakers: – Jens-Peter Bonde MEP (Denmark), Co-President, IND/DEM Group – Christophe Beaudouin (France) Legal expert – Anthony Coughlan (Ireland) National Platform – Patricia McKenna (Ireland) Green Party ……………………………. Note on EU Constitution and Lisbon Treaty: The people of France and the Netherlands rejected the proposed EU constitution in the 2005 referendums. After this, 5 countries cancelled a promised referendum and the EU Constitution was re-written as an “amending treaty” or a “reform treaty” and named “Treaty of Lisbon”. On the basis of this deceit, they claimed that no referendums on the Lisbon Treaty are necessary. Ireland is constitutionally required to hold a referendum, expected 12 June. All other countries are ratifying the disguised EU Constitution without asking the people. The Lisbon Treaty establishes a new “European Union” with joint citizenship – an EU “federal” State that is technically and politically empowered to further centralize power in Brussels; a European State comprising of 27 nation-states ruled by a triumvirate of European institutions led by the unelected EU Commission, which serves as the governing …