Sinn Fein: Lisbon Posters Preview

[Preacher Casey]

They are okay. I particularly like the one on voting-weights. Will they be able to match Coir's efforts?

Like the distortion?

Ireland will have one vote at the first stage of voting. Same as Germany and the UK and even Malta. Then a perfectly reasonable check comes in with the population count but only if the first stage shows at least 15 countries (with one vote each) in favour. Interesting fact is that if the 13 smallest countries decide they don't like a proposal they can kill it even though the 13 represent less than 10% of the EU's population. Think about that - less than 10% of the EU's population can stop a proposal for an EU law. Now that's some power grab by the powerful elites , is it not.

[eurosceptic]

At last the SF are motoring. Bloody excellent posters.

[goosebump]

I like the one about the voting rights because its one of the main reasons why I'm voting no.

This have been proved to be a lie (mathematically even).

http://www.politics.ie/lisbon-treaty...cal-terms.html

[Wakeupcall]

Well SF will be putting their posters up during the coming week and here is a preview:

They would want to hurry up, the vote is nearly bloody over!

[Nuada]

Like them, but there should be something on the fact that Irish fishermen are struggling to survice while having to dump their catches at sea becasue of fishing quotas.

[Duth Ealla]

Nuada,

I guess the thing is Irish Fishermen are already No voters.

[Kerrygold]

Very good posters. Congrats to all involved. Just hope there up in time!!

[Nuada]

Nuada,

I guess the thing is Irish Fishermen are already No voters.

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Fair enough, but I reckon there is a lot of sympathy out there for the Fishing communities in this country and it would do no harm to bring to the attention of average Joe what’s going on with the Irish fishing industry.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[petervalhala]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Fair enough, but I reckon there is a lot of sympathy out there for the Fishing communities in this country and it would do no harm to bring to the attention of average Joe what’s going on with the Irish fishing industry.[/FONT][/COLOR]

Agreed - attention to facts is long overdue:

Irish landings of fish have more than doubled since Ireland joined the EU in 1973 – from 86,000 t in 1973 to 185,000 t in 2007.

Irish boats have been landing an increasing share of the fish caught in Irish waters - from an average of 16% in the 1970s to around 25% in the 1990s and up to now.

Under the Common Fisheries Policy, access to Ireland’s 6 mile coastal zone is confined to Irish registered fishing vessels and vessels from Northern Ireland.

The size of the Irish fishing fleet has actually gone up. Over the same period, the size of the fishing fleets across the EU has shrunk by 20%.

Between 2000 and 2006, direct EU aid to the Irish fishing industry came to € 65.5 million. Between 2007 and 2013, there will be a further € 42.5 million of EU support to Irish
fishing.

The Common Fisheries Policy is currently up for Review. The Review has commenced and a new policy framework will be in place from 2012.

[shmuck]

Great posters....don't see any up though! what's with the wait?