Image by The Workers’ Party of Ireland via Flickr In a change of heart from the last referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, the Green Party narrowly agreed to back the treaty at its convention last Saturday. There was plenty of blog coverage. Here are some to check out: CorkPolitics, IrishElection and Jim on Blogactiv. Fair play to the Greens and I look forward to seeing them on the canvass. Labour launched there Yes campiagn good and early which...
Are you passionate about Europe? Do you want to see the Lisbon Treaty passsed in October? Are you willing to get involved in a youth campaign to get it passed? If you answer “Yes” to these three questions and are living in the Cork Area, you might want to get involved with Generation Yes. Generation Yes is currently being organised in Cork (by me and others) and if you ant to get involved please either email me: Stephen@stephenspillane.com or...
Image via Wikipedia So last night I attended the Generation Yes Event in Cork on Lisbon in Light of the Guarantees. It was a really interesting event and their will be videos, pictures and audio going up on the Generation Yes Website in the next few days. I will be getting involved in Generation Yes in Cork, so I’ll keep ye informed of goings on. Without Libertas this time round, there is talk that the UK Independence Party might...
Image via Wikipedia You mightened have noticed it but the Referendum Commission was set up yesterday and Mr Justice Frank Clarke has been appointed as its Chair. According to the website The new Commission is currently planning its information campaign for this impending referendum. I am sure we are all looking forward to that campaign. So today I got another email from the European Movement Ireland, this time they were point out an opinion article in todays Irish Times...
Image via Wikipedia Generation Yes are holding an event in Cork this Thursday at 18:30 in the Classic Bar on South Main Street. Legal expert Roderic O’Gorman will be on hand to explain what the Legal Guarantees mean for Ireland and for the Lisbon Treaty. Hopefully it will be a well attended meeting and will answer a few questions for us all before we make up our minds on what way we will vote in October. The Pingg event...
Image via Wikipedia As I mentioned earlier today, the Twenty Eight Amendent to the Constitution Bill 2009 was published today. IrishElection has the full text of the amendment but I have a query to the proposed new Article 29.4.4 of Bunreacht na hEireann. It reads as follows: Ireland affirms its commitment to the European Union within which the member states of that Union work together to promote peace, shared values and the well-being of their peoples. Really does it...
Image via Wikipedia I got an email today from the lovely people at European Movement Ireland which a good bit of information on the run up to Lisbon 2 Referendum. The bill setting up the Referedendum is published today, meaning that the Referendum Commission can be set up. Commission will aim to inform voters of the issue as well as encourage people to vote. The Commission will be made up of the following: A former judge of the Supreme...
Image via Wikipedia The above is according to Elmar Brok MEP (CDU/EPP). This because today the Czech Senate today approved the Treaty of Lisbon, leaving Ireland as the only EU member state not to have passed it. From the press release: “Now the Lisbon treaty lies in the hands of Ireland , because there is no alternative to the Lisbon treaty. The people in Ireland have made it clear that they want the European Union to be more democratic,...
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