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For Your Information: Ireland, EU, Eurozone, Banks & Economy - News & Analysis

NP-EURIC — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:03 +0000

Ghosts of debt and jobs will haunt economy The Irish Times - Tuesday, December 29, 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/1229/1224261354227.html Morgan Kelly OPINION : By 2015, Iceland will almost certainly be a lot better off than Ireland because it dealt decisively with its banks. For grand corruption, though, we will have to look to Nama. By allowing the banks to dictate the terms [...]

Lisbon’s Constitutional Revolution by Stealth

NP-EURIC — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:16:09 +0000

EUROFACTS … 30 November 2009 LISBON TREATY COMES INTO FORCE TODAY, TUESDAY The Lisbon Treaty, which has 99% the same legal effect as the EU Constitution that was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005, comes into force on tomorrow, 1 December. The European Union Act 2009 was published at the end of October. This Act implements [...]

Statement by Anthony Coughlan on the Lisbon Two referendum result

NP-EURIC — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:58:22 +0000

Not the will of the people, but the fear of the people, has led a majority of Irish voters to approve ratifying the Lisbon Treaty in yesterday’s re-run referendum. Ireland’s voters voted not on the content of Lisbon but on membership of the EU, on fear of political isolation if they did not say Yes to [...]

Open Letter to the Referendum Commission

NP-EURIC — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:47:15 +0000

Below for your information is a copy of the letter that was delivered to Mr Justice Frank Clarke, Chairman of the Referendum Commission, from Anthony Coughlan last Thursday, with the most relevant passages highlighted in bold … Sunday 27 September 2009 _______ TO: MrJustice Frank Clarke Chairman, The Referendum Commission 18 Lower Leeson St. Dublin 2 FROM: Anthony Coughlan The National Platform [...]

Would you eat this?

NP-EURIC — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:22:23 +0000

⁂ German judgement is a call to action against the EU’s democratic deficit

NP-EURIC — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:51:24 +0000

JENS-PETER BONDE (EUObserver/Comment) 24 July 2009 The German Constitutional Court issued a remarkable verdict on 30 June. It was described in the press as the Court’s approval of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. However, careful reading of the judgement shows that it is a fundamental rejection of the core constitutional content of the Treaty. The Court judgement modifies the [...]

☘Summary of 13 things the Lisbon Treaty would do

NP-EURIC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:04:07 +0000

The Lisbon Treaty Re-run - 13 Key Facts On Friday 2 October we will be voting on exactly the same Lisbon Treaty as Irish voters rejected last year. Not a dot or comma of it will have been changed. These are the main things Lisbon would lead to: 1. A RADICAL SHIFT OF CONTROL TO THE BIG [...]

☘Explanatory document on Lisbon

NP-EURIC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:53:23 +0000

Facts on the Lisbon Treaty Millions of Europeans support us: By voting No we remain full members of the EU and of the euro currency based on the existing Nice Treaty, but we reject the proposed Lisbon Treaty as a step too far. Millions of our fellow Europeans who are being denied referendums on Lisbon by [...]

⚠Irish Dáil should not have inferior powers to the German Parliament in controlling Irish Government Ministers when exercising the Lisbon Treaty’s self-amending powers

NP-EURIC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:15 +0000

The Dáil and Seanad should insist on parliamentary control over the Taoiseach and Government Ministers in exercising the self-amending powers of the Lisbon Treaty, just as the German Constitutional Court requires the German Parliament to do. Ireland should not be content with a lesser standard of parliamentary control of Government Ministers than Germany if the Lisbon [...]

☘Lisbon Treaty News: German Constitutional Court delays Germany’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty

NP-EURIC — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:04:26 +0000

Below for your information is a news item received from Open Europe, London, on the German Constitutional Court’s decision of this morning on the Lisbon Treaty. Appended to this post is an ☛on-site link to the Constitutional Court’s decision in English. It seems that the Constitutional Court is saying that Germany, at least , must ensure that [...]