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Anyone interested in making an informed decision on the Lisbon Treaty would do well to read the Special Report by the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs on the role of National Parliaments if the Treaty is ratified. Published on Friday, it is a straight-forward and relatively brief document which makes for interesting reading and as such there is little point rehashing the main points here. However, what does come across is a very strong sense of the possibilities that the various TDs and Senators see Lisbon offering in increasing the role of the Dáil and Seanad in European Affairs and reducing the so-called democratic deficit.
Talking about democratic deficits, you might note that the Oireachtas committee refused to include in this document the dissenting arguments put forward by committee member Aengus Ó Snodaigh or even to note that the contents of the document were not agreed by all members of the committee.
French calling…
Please Irish people, DO VOTE NO to this treaty and save european peoples. Be proud!
Merci pour tous.