Posted on 06/08/2008 9:38:18 AM PDT by Nextrush
Ireland's PM Brian Cowen has launched a strong attack on opponents of a key EU reform treaty ahead of the country's referendum on the issue on Thursday.
Mr. Cowen accused to No campaign of "sheer inaccuracy and absurdity" and said Ireland could not get a better deal than the one on offer.
Opponents say the Lisbon Treaty should be renegotiated.
Recent opinion polls suggest the result of the referendum-the only one being held in a EU country-could be close.
The other 26 members of the EU are using parliamentary votes to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. But Ireland is obliged to hold a referendum because it involves changing the constitution.
All 27 must ratify the treaty, which is meant to streamline decision-making processes in the EU, for it to come into effect next year as planned.....
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The vote is Thursday.
Stick to your guns Ireland.
You are the only country in Europe that can save Europe. All the other countries know a referendum would fail, that is why they will not let the people vote. If you vote no, then the treaty fails.
Vote NO!!! Do not let the politicians bully you into accepting this treaty.
Ireland, you fought 800 years for your independence. Don’t give it up now!
As long as they’re sober, the Irish will do what’s best for them.
And from that time, through wildest woe,
That hope has shone a far light,
Nor could love's brightest summer glow
Outshine that solemn starlight;
It seemed to watch above my head
In forum, field and fane,
Its angel voice sang round my bed,
A Nation once again!
So, as I grew from boy to man,
I bent me to that bidding
My spirit of each selfish plan
And cruel passion ridding;
For, thus I hoped some day to aid,
Oh, can such hope be vain ?
When my dear country shall be made
A Nation once again!
Ireland is the only country in all of Western Europe that has not become totally secularized. There’s a message and a meaning in there, somewhere...
The world and Europe in particular, needs to pay attention.
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