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Dear Europe,
I ask you as a friend and citizen of the European Union and Republic of Ireland to listen now.
We were given a choice, and it was clear. The information was available for all those who sought it and an informed decision was made.
You may question our reasons, as is your right, but you must respect the will of the majority of the electorate.
We have voted no, and you must respect it.
No to maintining our voice in Europe (18, 51)
No to sovereignty over our tax rates (95)
No to effective action on climate change (132)
No to safeguards for our public services (54, 308)
No to combating domestic violence (345)
No to automatic help for our citizens (139)
No to respect for our culture (15, 17, 121, 122)
No to a ban on torture (EU Rights Charter19)
No to prohibition on discrimination on grounds of disability (56)
No to a Volunteer Humanitarian Aid Corps (143)
No to effective action against the trafficking of women and children (73, 74, 75, 76, 78)
No to personal data protection (EU Rights Charter 19)
No to equal treatment in the workplace (19)
No to prioritising sustainable development (134)
No to prioritising renewable energy (134)
No to greater accountability (24, 203, 204)
No to taking power from the commission and giving it to democratically elected representatives (173)
No to guarantees for our neutrality, just like Sweden, Finland, Cyprus, Malta, and Austria (38)
No to Lisbon.
What is to be done now? Come the 1st January 2009 you will have a treaty that 26 states have ratified. Are you to begin once more the process of negotiations that have taken so many years. With a Europe that has shifted so far to the right in recent years, that could indeed possibly result in a text different enough to satisfy our electorate.
But, I must object. To recommence would be to delay in areas that are far more crucial to the continued prosperity of the continent.
Anthropogenic climate change and the the coming food crisis will not wait for a renegotiation, and cannot be negotiated with. Therefore, I urge you now to plough on as 26, to fight for real action on Climate Change at home and abroad, for your sake and for ours.
Under Nice, we were due to loose our commissioner next year, and we have rejected your offer of equality in that institution. Let that be the first step.
(The numbers above in brackets refer to the page numbers of the Lisbon Treaty, official consolidated text.)
